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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is seen at the Parliament in Bangkok November 10, 2009. The Thai Cabinet approved Tuesday ending talks with Cambodia on their disputed maritime border to protest Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser, Thailand's deputy government spokesman said. The approval came the same day as Thaksin arrived in Cambodia to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen and give an economic lecture to more than 300 Cambodian economists later in the week. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND POLITICS)
The cabinet on Tuesday approved the revocation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the overlapping maritime boundary with Cambodia, a source at Government House said.
The memorandum was signed in 2001 during the term of the first Thaksin Shinawatra administration.
The disputed waters contain reserves of oil and gas. Now that Thaksin is economic adviser to the Cambodian government, the Thai government views the MoU as an inappropriate framework for negotiations.
The cancellation of the MoU will be forwarded to parliament for debate.
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