“No time for talks” – Gen Nattaphon
Assistant Defence Minister Gen Nattaphon Nakpanich said this morning that time for talks with Cambodia has well passed as Thai and Cambodian armed forces clashed along several areas on their border.
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Assistant Defence Minister Gen Nattaphon Nakpanich said this morning that time for talks with Cambodia has well passed as Thai and Cambodian armed forces clashed along several areas on their border.
Two Thai villagers were killed and two others injured in a Cambodian rocket attack on a border development centre in Karb Choeng district of Surin this morning.
Cambodian forces' attacks on Thailand, which have targeted civilians, communities, and hospitals, have so far killed nine people, including an eight-year-old child, said Col Richa Suksuwanon, deputy spokesperson for the Thai Army.
Thailand has no choice but to respond to what it regards as exploitation and attacks by Cambodia, necessitating the taking of actions which the Thai side has long tried to avoid," said Thai Army spokesman Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree on Thursday.
The Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh has urged Thai nationals in Cambodia, especially those without urgent or essential reasons to remain, to leave the country as soon as possible due to the escalating conflict.
The Second Army Region’s Facebook page said today that six Royal Thai Air Force F-16 fighters are on standby to take action against Cambodia, in support of Thai ground troops based at Chong An Ma in Ubon Ratchathani.
The Thai Army is closely monitoring the situation at Ta Muen Thom temple in Surin province after Cambodian troops opened fire from a position about 200 metres east of the Thai operations base this morning, said Thai Army's deputy spokesman Col Richa Suksuwanon.
Cambodia has categorically denied what it called Thailand’s baseless accusations implicating it in the landmine explosion that injured Thai soldiers on Wednesday, said a spokesperson for Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence.
The Cambodian government has announced it is downgrading diplomatic relations with Thailand to the “lowest level” in response to Bangkok’s decision to recall its ambassador to Phnom Penh, according to Cambodian media.
The Thai army has decided to launch an operation, known as the ‘Chakraphong Phuvanaat military strategy’, to deal with Cambodia following another landmine detonation in the Chong An Ma pass, in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani province today, in which a Thai soldier lost a leg.
Thailand has decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with Cambodia by recalling its ambassador from Phnom Penh and expelling the Cambodian ambassador in Bangkok, acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai announced today.
All hospitals in Nan province are still operational, though access to some of them is being hampered by flooding. They are prepared to evacuate more than 800 patients to nearby provinces, with the help of the military, if flooding worsens, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said today.
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The 2nd Army Region commander today ordered the closure of four border checkpoints, as well as the Ta Muen Thom and Ta Kwai temples, starting tomorrow after a Thai soldier lost his leg in a landmine explosion today..
Heavy rains have battered the northern province of Nan since late Tuesday afternoon and through the night, causing the water level in the Nan River to rise quickly, as Tropical Storm Wipha, which has been downgraded to a depression moved westward across Laos.