Source Bangkok Post: 17 October 2013
យីងឡាក់ កោះប្រជុំជាបន្ទាន់ទាក់ទិនដំណើរការកាត់ក្តីប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called an urgent meeting earlynext week to discuss Thailand's response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) upcoming ruling on Nov 11 on the Preah Vihear temple
land conflict.
Nutthavudh Photisaro, deputy permanent secretary for foreign affairs,said the Thai embassy in The Haguewas informed unofficially by the court's registrar on Tuesday of the scheduled reading of the ruling onthe Preah Vihear case.
The verdict will be read on Nov 11 at 10am at The Hague (4pm Thailand time).
An official letter was expected to have reached the Thai embassy at The Hague yesterday, he said. The ministry previously believed the court would issue its ruling on the conflict early next year as it was busywith many other cases.
Veerachai Plasai, Thai ambassador to The Hague and head of the Thai legal team fighting the case against Cambodia, said the court might bring up the Preah Vihear conflict for consideration sooner because the case only involved legal interpretations.
Mr Nutthavudh said Prime Minister Yingluck has called a meeting for Monday to discuss details of a "mechanism" to be established to respond to the court's ruling.
This mechanism will include diplomatic, military and political measures and ways to comply with the ruling without affecting the relationship between the countries, he said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, now in South Korea attending the Conference on Cyberspace, has phoned his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong, head of the Cambodian team at the ICJ, to discuss the mechanism's formation.
Mr Nutthavudh said it is likely the Thai government will arrange for a live TV broadcast of the ruling from the court, similar to the way it did during the oral hearings last April to keep the public informed about the decision.
land conflict.
Nutthavudh Photisaro, deputy permanent secretary for foreign affairs,said the Thai embassy in The Haguewas informed unofficially by the court's registrar on Tuesday of the scheduled reading of the ruling onthe Preah Vihear case.
The verdict will be read on Nov 11 at 10am at The Hague (4pm Thailand time).
An official letter was expected to have reached the Thai embassy at The Hague yesterday, he said. The ministry previously believed the court would issue its ruling on the conflict early next year as it was busywith many other cases.
Veerachai Plasai, Thai ambassador to The Hague and head of the Thai legal team fighting the case against Cambodia, said the court might bring up the Preah Vihear conflict for consideration sooner because the case only involved legal interpretations.
Mr Nutthavudh said Prime Minister Yingluck has called a meeting for Monday to discuss details of a "mechanism" to be established to respond to the court's ruling.
This mechanism will include diplomatic, military and political measures and ways to comply with the ruling without affecting the relationship between the countries, he said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, now in South Korea attending the Conference on Cyberspace, has phoned his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong, head of the Cambodian team at the ICJ, to discuss the mechanism's formation.
Mr Nutthavudh said it is likely the Thai government will arrange for a live TV broadcast of the ruling from the court, similar to the way it did during the oral hearings last April to keep the public informed about the decision.
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