Cambodia rejects Thai PM's partition of Cambodia-Thai's territory areas in PDZ

PHNOM PENH, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday rejected Thai Prime Minister Abhisit  Vejjajiva's partition of Cambodia-Thai's territory areas in PDZ.
  "We rejected Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's claim that the newly defined demilitarized zone covers the area of 17.3  square kilometers-- of the area, 8.8 square kilometers is Cambodian land and 8.5 square kilometers is Thai territory," said Hun  Sen during a press briefing to express Cambodia’s stance on the border issue with Thailand.
  "Thailand uses its unilateral map to claim the area," he added.
  "Base on the international recognized map, of the newly defined demilitarized zone, 14.363 square kilometers is Cambodian  land and 3.025 square kilometers is Thai land," he said.
  The premier said the newly defined demilitarized zone by the ICJ’s order covers the area of 17.388 square kilometers. “As the  area is larger, the number of Indonesian observers may be more than 15 people on each side,” he said.
  “Cambodia still sticks to its ground that Cambodian troops will leave the temple area after the arrival of Indonesian observers,”  he added.
  “Cambodia will allow Indonesian observers to station wherever they want within the newly defined demilitarized zone,” he  said. “And we hope Thailand will also open up for Indonesian observers to station on its side.”
   Hun Sen said Cambodia on Thursday had sent a seven-point draft agreement to Thailand, Indonesia, The Hague, and the  United Nations Security Council, hoping to sign it with Thailand in order to comply with the order of the International Court of  Justice (ICJ) to define a demilitarized zone around the 11th century Preah Vihear temple.
    The draft agreement includes: to inform the court on the details of its military personnel and their positions, as of 18 July,  2011, within the PDZ;  to report to the Court on the status of any non-military activities as of July 18 2011 within the PDZ;   to  request the speedy assignment and dispatch of the Indonesian observer teams after the entry into force of this agreement; to  cooperate with the Indonesian observer teams to determine the location on the ground of Points A, B, C and D of the PDZ;  to  draw up a timetable for the immediate withdrawal of all their respective military personnel from the PDZ;
  The U.N. Court on Monday ordered Cambodia and Thailand to immediately withdraw their military personnel currently present  in the provisional demilitarized zone around the area of Preah Vihear temple, but did not set the deadline for the pullout.    The  Court’s order was made after Cambodia, on April 28, submitted a petition for interpretation of Court's 1962 judgment along with  a request for the indication of provincial measures.
  The ICJ awarded Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962 and the temple was enlisted as a World Heritage Site on July 7,  2008.
  The border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand occurred just a week after the enlistment as Thailand claims the  ownership of 4.6 square kilometers (1.8 square miles) of scrub next to the temple.
  Since then, both sides have built up military forces along the border and periodic clashes have happened, resulting in the deaths  of troops and civilians on both sides.