Border issue not raised during meeting with chief of staff of the Royal Thai Air Force

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Ittaporn Subhawong (L) and Pol Saroeun (R)

15 September 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

During the meeting between General Pol Saroeun, the RCAF chief of staff, and Thailand’s Ittaporn Subhawong, the Royal Thai Air Force chief of staff who led a visiting delegation to Cambodia, both sides did not raise nor discuss the border dispute. The problem related to Thai soldiers shooting and killing a Cambodian citizen, as well as burning him alive, was not discussed either. According the Kampuchea Thmei newspaper, during the meeting, Pol Saroeun asked Thailand to provide trainings to Cambodian troops because, in the past, Thailand also accepted to train Cambodian soldiers on many occasions. Pol Saroeun told the Thai party that relationships between Cambodia and Thailand gained the attention of neighboring countries, in particular, when Cambodia decided to pull out troops from the Preah Vihear temple area. Pol Saroeun indicated that the troop pullout decision was a good policy adopted by Hun Xen, and there is nothing else beyond the dialogue between the two countries, then all the points will be accepted by both sides.