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The Thai government has issued a statement asserting that neighboring countries should not bring disputes to a third party, but should instead resolve them peacefully through bilateral mechanisms, such as the Joint Boundary Committee.
Thailand’s Burapha Task Force, which oversees the Thai-Cambodian border, has moved its troops and weapons to a police compound in the border province of Sa Kaeo, in readiness for any possible border emergency.
Former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen has insisted that the “Emerald Triangle” is on Cambodian soil and is calling for Thailand and Cambodia to settle this issue at the International Court of Justice, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
The Thai and Cambodian armies have agreed to pull their troops back from the area in Chong Bok border pass in Ubon Ratchathani province, where they clashed briefly on Wednesday. One Cambodian soldier was killed.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed today to move their troops 200 metres back from a spot in a disputed area near Thailand’s border in Ubon Ratchathani province, in an effort to ease tensions following a brief exchange of gunfire yesterday.
The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia have called for restraint, to prevent further escalation of tensions along their shared border, following a fatal armed clash near Thailand’s Nam Yuen district in Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday.
The top military commanders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet this afternoon after a brief gunfight between their troops at the undemarcated border close to Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday led to a death of a Cambodian soldier.
Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen has condemned the brief exchange of gunfire between Thai and Cambodian troops, at the shared border in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday, during which a Cambodian sergeant died.
Cambodia’s Defence Ministry issued a statement today, claiming that a sergeant major was killed this morning during a brief gun battle with Thai troops at the Chong Bok border pass in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) scrambled two F16 fighters this afternoon, after a Myanmar military aircraft was sighted close to the Thai border in Phop Phra district of the western province of Tak.
Kuala Lumpur - Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from US tariffs and a four-year civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday.
The Thai government should resume negotiations with Cambodia to resolve maritime disputes and move towards jointly developing hydrocarbon resources in the overlapping claims areas (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand, according to a recent study by the Senate’s Military and Security Committee.
