Chong Chom Trader Celebrates MOU44 Repeal, Urges Border Tourism Focus
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"Glad the Cabinet cancelled MOU 44, and I'd like to tell the Prime Minister: if a wall can be built, finish it quickly and close everything. It would be even better if MOU 43 could be cancelled."
ดีใจที่ ครม.ยกเลิก MOU 44 และฝากถึงนายกรัฐมนตรีด้วย ถ้าทำกำแพงได้ก็รีบทำให้เสร็จปิดให้หมดอย่าให้เหลือ ถ้ายกเลิก MOU 43 ได้อีกยิ่งดี
"If opened, where will the nation's security be? How will the lives and property of border residents be? Border people can live without opening the crossing. We lived before Cambodia."
ถ้าเปิดมา ความมั่นคงของประเทศชาติจะอยู่ไหน ชีวิตและทรัพย์สินของประชาชนชายแดนจะอยู่กันยังไง ไม่เปิดด่านคนชายแดนก็อยู่ได้ เมื่อก่อนไม่มีกัมพูชาก็อยู่ได้
"We must help ourselves, develop ourselves well before letting them in. Thais can help Thais."
เราต้องช่วยเหลือตัวเองพัฒนาตัวเองให้ดีก่อนที่จะให้เขาเข้ามา ไทยช่วยไทยกันได้
Key Entities
Person
Chong Chom Border Trader(แม่ค้าช่องจอม)
A representative voice from Chong Chom border market expressing satisfaction with government policy changes and advocating for self-reliance.
Prime Minister(นายกรัฐมนตรี)
The head of the Thai government, urged by traders to construct a border wall and to prioritize domestic development.
Duangrat(นางดวงรัตน์)
A trader at the Chong Chom border market who voiced her delight and concerns regarding the cancellation of MOU 44, and the need for border security and domestic development.
Luang Pu Surang(หลวงปู่สรวง)
A revered monk whose shrine in Phu Sing district, Sisaket, is included in the promoted border tourism route.
Organization
Cabinet(ครม.)
The Thai government's executive body that made the decision to cancel MOU 2001.
Law
MOU 44(MOU44)
A memorandum of understanding concerning continental shelf areas between Thailand and Cambodia, which was approved for cancellation.
MOU 2001
The specific memorandum of understanding between Thailand and Cambodia regarding overlapping continental shelf areas, officially cancelled by the Cabinet.
UNCLOSℹ️
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the international legal framework that Thailand will use to negotiate border and overlapping interests with Cambodia.
MOU 43
Another memorandum of understanding that traders wish to see cancelled, alongside MOU 44, indicating a desire for renegotiation of bilateral agreements.
MOU 70
A different memorandum of understanding mentioned by traders, with a cautious approach suggesting it should not be pursued if it disadvantages Thailand.
Place
The neighboring country to Thailand, with whom discussions regarding border and continental shelf issues will continue under international law.
Border Crossing(ด่าน)
The commercial checkpoints along the Thai-Cambodian border, with a call to only open them when conditions are secure and beneficial for Thailand.
Prasat Ta Khwai(ปราสาทตาควาย)
A tourist attraction along the border route that traders are promoting as part of developing domestic tourism.
Noen 350(เนิน 350)
A geographical landmark promoted as a tourist destination to encourage domestic travel.
Prasat Ta Meon Thom(ปราสาทตาเมือนธม)
A historical site promoted as part of developing border tourism routes in Thailand.
Khao Sala(เขาศาลา)
A location in Buachet district promoted as part of a border tourism itinerary.