Writer: BangkokPost.comPublished: 15/09/2009Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has been assigned to negotiate with the People's Alliance for Democracy and ask it to call of its plan to rally near the Preah Vihear temple for fear it could harm the relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday.The PAD planned to rally near the temple on Saturday to demand that Cambodian people and troops be withdrawn from the 4.6-square-kilometre area still under dispute.Mr Abhisit said the governement has tried to seek understanding with the local people who still held different opinions over the issue. Mr Kasit has been assigned to talk to PAD leaders to call of the rally which could affect the Thai-Cambodian relations, he added.The government has no hidden agenda in its handling of the border dispute and is duty-bound to protect the country's sovereignty.He said the government will resort to negotiations to bring about peaceful co-existence without clashes.
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