Bangkok Post

UPS AND DOWNS

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Oct 15, 2006

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont pays an official visit to Cambodia to strengthen the relationsh­ip between the two countries.

June 18, 2008

Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama signs a Thai-Cambodian joint statement to support Cambodia's request to list the Preah Vihear temple as a Unesco World Heritage site.

April 3, 2009

Thai and Cambodian military forces clash at the border near the temple.

Sept 25, 2009

People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) co-leader Veera Somkwamkid leads demonstrat­ors to the Preah Vihear temple.

Feb 10, 2010

Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra becomes economic adviser to the Cambodian government.

Aug 24, 2010

Thaksin resigns from the economic advisory role amid criticism from the Thai public.

Dec 29, 2010

Mr Veera is arrested by Cambodian soldiers as part of a group of seven people, led by Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth, who went to inspect a boundary post in tambon Non Mak Mun in Sa Kaeo's Khok Sung district.

Jan 21, 2011

A Cambodian court sentences five Thai detainees, including Mr Panich, to eight months in jail, but the prison terms are suspended.

Feb 1, 2011

The court sentences Mr Veera to eight years in prison.

Feb 4, 2011

Renewed fighting erupts between Thai and Cambodian forces near the Preah Vihear temple.

Feb 5, 2011

A ceasefire is announced.

April 28, 2011

Cambodia asks the Internatio­nal Court of Justice (ICJ) to reinterpre­t its 1962 ruling granting Cambodia sovereignt­y over the Preah Vihear temple.

Nov 11, 2013

The ICJ rules Cambodia has sovereignt­y over the whole territory of the promontory of the temple.

July 2, 2014

Cambodia frees Mr Veera.

Nov 27, 2014

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen states he will not allow foreigners to use his country as a base from which to attack other countries.

Feb 5, 2015

Local authoritie­s in Si Sa Ket's Kantharala­k district say the Thai-Cambodia border situation has returned to normal.

Oct 31, 2015

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha leads a delegation of ministers to meet with Hun Sen for talks on economic issues during a two-day visit to Cambodia.

Dec 18, 2015

Hun Sen leads his cabinet delegation to Thailand for a joint cabinet meeting of the two countries, to be held at Government House today.

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