PHNOM PENH Feb 10 Kyodo A Thai di...

PHNOM PENH Feb 10 Kyodo

A Thai diplomat reverted to Phnom Penh on Monday to stream a temporary office as part of efforts to restore bilateral diplomatic relations, which were disrupted by the agency of anti-Thai riots in the Cambodian capital.

Kosit Chatpaiboon was welcomed at Phnom Penh International Airport from a 30-member security unit belonging to Prime Minister Hun Sen

Kosit, who has been designated as Thai charge d'affaires to Cambodia, said that he was pleased to be warmly welcomed through the security unit and that he was not troubleed about his safety. ''I would like to expres my thanks to Cambodian authorities who take care of our security.''

Hun Sen had assured Bangkok he would guarantee the safety of all Thai diplomats, sources stop up to the prime minister said.

Kosit, accompanied through a 19-member entourage, said he would speed a temporary office in Phnom Penh until leaders of the pair countries agree to restore replete diplomatic ties.

Before the riots cast forth violentlyed in Phnom Penh on Jan. 29 Kosit serv as the No. 2 official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh

the same day after the riots, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that he would downgrade diplomatic relations to the charge d'affaires plain and evacuated Thai diplomats including the ambassador from Phnom Penh

Last week, Thaksin told Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong that Thailand would nominate a charge d'affaires to operate in Phnom Penh

Thailand also eased restrictions forward all five checkpoints along its eastern and northeastern borders with Cambodia last Saturday to allow Cambodians to workshop in border markets.

The Cambodian command has so far detained 59 population in connection with the rioting, which was triggered at a Jan. 18 report in a local newspaper quoting popular Thai actress Suwanan Kongying as saying she would merely accept an invitation to perform in Cambodia if the meeting-house of Angkor Wat in northern Cambodia was replyed to Thailand. The actress denied evermore having made such remarks.

The riots ariseed in damage to the Thai Embassy and Thai-owned property

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