UN chief offers to mediate in border dispute
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has showed his
willingness to work as a mediator in the Cambodia-Thailand border
dispute, the Cambodian media reported.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has showed his
willingness to work as a mediator in the Cambodia-Thailand border
dispute, the Cambodian media reported.
The Deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq, replied to an email from the Cambodian press on August 18 saying that, “The Secretary-General is willing to mediate situation when both sides request him to do so.”
Last week, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for an international conference to seek a peaceful solution to the two-year-long dispute over the Preah Vihear temple which has world heritage status.
Hun Sen said that he would put forward the proposal to Ban Ki-moon as he plans to pay a two-day official visit to Cambodia in late October.
Cambodia’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Koy Kuong also welcomed Ban Ki-moon’s response to the border issue./.
The Deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq, replied to an email from the Cambodian press on August 18 saying that, “The Secretary-General is willing to mediate situation when both sides request him to do so.”
Last week, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for an international conference to seek a peaceful solution to the two-year-long dispute over the Preah Vihear temple which has world heritage status.
Hun Sen said that he would put forward the proposal to Ban Ki-moon as he plans to pay a two-day official visit to Cambodia in late October.
Cambodia’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Koy Kuong also welcomed Ban Ki-moon’s response to the border issue./.
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