| Summary: | Territorial disputes, border disputes among them, are a major source of conflict
between two or more states. The existence of it can cause an armed confrontation
as territorial possession is important for the status, existence and sovereignty of a
state. As neighbouring countries Cambodia and Thailand also have a border
dispute regarding the land around the Preah Vihear Temple. The Indonesian
government, mainly in the person of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marti
Natalegawa, mediated the conflict when Indonesia took over ASEAN's rotating
chair in 2011. The aim of this thesis is to answer which mediation stages took
place and whether the mediation effectively reduced the tension between
Cambodia and Thailand and played an important role in solving the border
dispute. To answer these questions data was collected by studying literature. The
research showed that the following mediation stages took place: (1) initial contact
with the disputing parties, (2) the collecting and analyzing of background
information and (3) the building of trust and cooperation. The research further
showed that the mediation did not have a positive effect on solving the border
dispute.
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