Reference: The win-win way for Cambodia and Thailand, Bangkok Post, July 23, 2008

There is neither opportunity nor need for anyone to win in the difficult situation created by the intercession of the ICJ with an opinion that was in violation of an existing bilateral treaty that was in force at the time that the ICJ issued its problematic and ambiguous verdict (The win-win way for Cambodia and Thailand, Bangkok Post, July 23, 2008). The rational way out of a problem created by the incompetence of the ICJ is to remove the ICJ completely from the issue and to continue to pursue bilateral negotiations with the current government of the region with the 1904 treaty as the starting point.

Cha-am Jamal
Thailand