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Thai prime minister seeks to scrap 2000 and 2001 border agreements with Cambodia, but analysts say it is impossible
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The Cambodia Daily
US warns Cambodia of systemic complicity in human | RSS.com US warns Cambodia of systemic complicity in human | RSS.comThai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has announced his intention to nullify the 2000 and 2001 border agreements with Cambodia.
He said his government would consult the Thai public first, while analysts argue such unilateral action is impossible under international law.
The Nation newspaper quoted Anutin on September 30 as saying his administration plans to hold a referendum on whether to scrap the two memoranda of understanding with Cambodia: the 2000 MOU on land demarcation and the 2001 MOU on overlapping maritime areas.
Opposition politicians in Cambodia have also repeatedly demanded that Prime Minister Hun Manet cancel the agreements, claiming they caused Cambodia to lose land and maritime territory to Thailand.
He added that scrapping the 2000 MOU would be akin to voiding the Franco-Siam treaties themselves, leaving Cambodia without a legal basis for border negotiations.