Bangkok, 11/11/2009 (Xinhua) — The Thai-Cambodia border’s situation has remained normal, while Thailand still has no policy to close the border, Thailand’s involved authorities announced Wednesday.
The announcement was made after the Cambodian government has refused Thailand’s request to extradite ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand.
Thailand and Cambodia have downgraded their diplomatic relations due to conflict over the appointment of Thaksin as an economic advisor to Cambodia’s government on Nov. 4.
A day after the appointment of Thaksin, the Cambodian government announced recall of its ambassador to Thailand in a move to respond to the Thai government’s recall of its ambassador to Cambodia.
However, the government will not close the border since the Thai government has viewed this as the governmental-level matter, Thai News Agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Vimon Kidchobas saying.
The border closure will negatively affect the people of the two countries, the spokeswoman said.
In a related development, Thailand’s Army Region 2 Commander LtGeneral Veevarit Chornsamrit said the border situation has remained normal.
There was no factor which would cause a border clash, the Army Region 2 Commander said.
Meanwhile, Lt General Veevarit said he was not officially reported about news reports, which said Thaksin would enter into Thailand through the Thai-Cambodian border.
Thaksin, who arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday, will on Thursday hold a briefing with over 300 Cambodian economics experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said earlier.
Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September 2006, in accusation of corruption, and has been kept in exile since then. He returned to Thailand in February 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.
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