Thai Examiner
United Nations process begins with hearing in Singapore. Thai Foreign Minister took a bold, hard line
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Thailand and Cambodia face off in Singapore over 26,000 sq km of Gulf waters and a potential $300 billion energy prize. Sihasak rejects Cambodia’s 1972 claim, blasts its narrative and insists Thai sovereignty over Koh Kut is not up for debate at all.
Key facts
- Thailand and Cambodia face off in Singapore over 26,000 sq km of Gulf waters and a potential $300 billion energy prize
- Thailand and Cambodia are going head-to-head in Singapore over 26,000 square kilometres of disputed Gulf waters potentially holding a $300 billion energy prize
- Koh Kut ruled out as Thailand rejects Cambodia’s 1972 claim and limits talks to maritime boundaries
- MOU 44 sought a maritime boundary and joint energy development but delivered neither after decades
- Anutin government scraps MOU 44 as Cambodia turns to UNCLOS compulsory conciliation after 25 years
- Bangkok rejected Cambodia’s 1972 claim as legally baseless and accused Phnom Penh of hypocrisy and false narratives
Summary
Thailand and Cambodia are going head-to-head in Singapore over 26,000 square kilometres of disputed Gulf waters potentially holding a $300 billion energy prize. With tensions already high, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow drew a hard line: Koh Kut is not part of the dispute. Bangkok rejected Cambodia’s 1972 claim as legally baseless and accused Phnom Penh of hypocrisy and false narratives.
Thailand and Cambodia are now duking it out internationally over an energy-rich section of the Gulf of Thailand. Tensions between the neighbours are rising as a decades-old maritime dispute moves onto an international stage.