Bangkokpost

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti said on Thursday he will take his time to explain fully to all 21 members of the World Heritage Committee why Thailand wants a review of the decision to register Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site.

Mr Suwit, in his capacity as chairman of the Thai world heritage committee, will lead a Thai delegation to attend the 32nd WHC meeting beginning on Monday in Seville, Spain.

Maj-Gen Tawatchai Samutsakhon, the Second Army deputy chief in charge of intelligence and operations, said he was not worried by a suggestion that Thailand’s push for a review of the WHC resolution would cause confrontation between Thai and Cambodian troops in the disputed border areas.

The two sides understood each other well  and he would ensure any problems were settled by negotiation if border conflict occurred.