Cambodian
Buddhist monks walk through the compound of Preah Vihear Temple near
the Cambodian-Thai border, about 152 miles north of Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.
Heng Sinith/AP
Thai and Cambodian troops are staying put, but the peace around the disputed Preah Vihear
border temple appears to be holding a day after a United Nations court
ruled that the immediately surrounding territory belongs to Cambodia and Thai forces must withdraw.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that Thai troops would not be withdrawn from a disputed square-kilometer region surrounding the temple – and which the International Court of Justice ruled was Cambodian territory – until Thai and Cambodian officials could meet to discuss implementation. But the National News Bureau of Thailand reports "that the verdict created a win-win situation for both countries and there have been no reports of border clashes as previously anticipated."
Radio Free Asia reports that the ruling caused no tensions between the Thai and Cambodian forces around Preah Vihear, which has been a flashpoint in recent years between the two nations.
Both countries have laid claim to a few square miles of scrubland
around the temple since the ICJ ruled Preah Vihear was Cambodian in
1962. Since 2008, the two countries have had a series of skirmishes
over the land, most recently in 2011, when more than two dozen soldiers
and civilians from both sides were killed over the course of the year.
While the ruling granted Cambodia the most hotly
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that Thai troops would not be withdrawn from a disputed square-kilometer region surrounding the temple – and which the International Court of Justice ruled was Cambodian territory – until Thai and Cambodian officials could meet to discuss implementation. But the National News Bureau of Thailand reports "that the verdict created a win-win situation for both countries and there have been no reports of border clashes as previously anticipated."
Radio Free Asia reports that the ruling caused no tensions between the Thai and Cambodian forces around Preah Vihear, which has been a flashpoint in recent years between the two nations.
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But the ICJ ruled on Monday that "Cambodia had sovereignty over the whole territory of the promontory
of Preah Vihear," referring to a subregion of the disputed territory
currently held by Thai forces, reports Agence France-Presse. "In
consequence Thailand
was under an obligation to withdraw from that territory Thai military
or police forces or other guards or keepers who were stationed there,"
[Judge Peter] Tomka said.While the ruling granted Cambodia the most hotly
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