Kasit hangs tough on renewing ties with Cambodia
Sivarak Chutipongand his mother Simarak na NakhonPhanom present flowers to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to thank him for the assistance the government gave the engineer to fight spying charges brought against him by Cambodia in November. PATTANAPONGHIRANARD13/01/2010
Bangkok Post
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is insisting normal diplomatic relations with Cambodia cannot resume until Phnom Penh ends its relationship with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
In a tit-for-tat response to Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong's rejection on Monday of Thailand's demand that Thaksin be dismissed as economic adviser to Phnom Penh, Mr Kasit yesterday refused to budge on the question of ties.
Mr Kasit accused Cambodia of creating the diplomatic row by interfering in Thailand's judicial process in not extraditing Thaksin and by appointing him as its economic adviser.
In a tit-for-tat response to Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong's rejection on Monday of Thailand's demand that Thaksin be dismissed as economic adviser to Phnom Penh, Mr Kasit yesterday refused to budge on the question of ties.
Mr Kasit accused Cambodia of creating the diplomatic row by interfering in Thailand's judicial process in not extraditing Thaksin and by appointing him as its economic adviser.
