Indonesian Embassy officials visit Kantharalak District, Sri Sa Ket Province

Indonesian Embassy officials visit Kantharalak District, Sri Sa Ket Province

July 7, 2011
Source: http://www.mfa.go.th/web/35.php?id=27724

On 7 July 2011, Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Director-General of the Department of Information and the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, responding to the media enquiries about the visit to the Thai-Cambodian border by Indonesian officials on 6-7 July 2011, said that following coordination between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence, and the Royal Thai Army, three diplomatic officers from the Embassy of Indonesia in Thailand visited Kantharalak District, Sri Sa Ket Province, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies concerned. The Indonesian officers were briefed by the Suranaree Task Force, Second Army Region on the current situation along the Thai-Cambodian border. The Indonesian officers also visited the area prepared for the Indonesian representatives when they are sent in the future as well as other areas along the border.

This border visit was arranged along the same line as the one undertaken by the Embassy of Indonesia in Cambodia on the Cambodian side of the border in February 2011.

The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson further stated that this border visit of the Indonesian diplomatic officers went well. The Indonesian officers expressed good understanding about the situation as well as Thailand’s commitment and sincerity to resolve the border dispute with Cambodia peacefully and amicably within the ASEAN family.