Cambodia is wrongly claiming part of its territory : FM

Cambodia wrongly claimed its territory? Surin province and others were belong to Cambodia in the past and all castles and temples also. Not just talking about Ta Mean temple, the Surin Province is Cambodian. There are million Cambodian living in the Province for handred of years.

The Foreign Ministry summoned on Friday French and Cambodian ambassadors to complain maps of Cambodia publish in France and Cambodia wrongly claimed Thai territory.

The envoys were told that maps of Utdor Mean Chay and Preah Vihear provinces published in France and Cambodia claim that parts of the Ta Mean Prom temple in Surin province are in Cambodia.

Director of Treaty and Legal Affairs, Virachai Plasai, told the ambassadors the area in question is "overlapping" and requires demarcation under a treaty signed by Thailand and Cambodia in 2000.

"We raised objections in line with international practices because we believe the map is incorrect," he says.

Thailand says the issue will not affect bilateral relations. The two countries have clashed previously over ownership of the Preah Vihear Hindu temple. Bangkok opposes Phnom Penh's plans to list it as a United Nation's World Heritage site before ownership is settled.