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Thai PM says troops to stay on Cambodian border.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report in English by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 30 June

Thailand will not withdraw its troops from the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.

The prime minister yesterday reiterated the government's stance against the World Heritage Committee and Unesco's approval of Phnom Penh's unilateral listing of the Preah Vihear temple ruins as a World Heritage site.

Mr Abhisit said he did not want the Preah Vihear issue to affect relations and other areas of cooperation between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.

However, he said Thai troops would remain in the 4.6 square kilometre area claimed by …

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