Cambodia wants “immediate ceasefire” with Thailand, the Earth envoy on Friday said. Bangkok also signaled openness to interviews. The statement came after the two neighbors joined the deadly strike for the next day.
On Thursday, the tension on the border of Thailand-Kambodia escalated. On Friday, the country exchanged heavy artillery fire as the fighting with the borders intensified and spread. In the middle of violence, the Cambodian number of victims in Thai clashes increased to 13, the Ministry of Defense said.
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Here is what we know about the clashes of Thailand-Kambodia:
1. The Cambodian leader said that Thailand had agreed with the Malaysian proposal for a ceasefire, but then retreated, Reuters reported.
“Cambodia has applied for an immediate ceasefire – unconditionally – and we also call for a peaceful resolution of the dispute,” the UN Ambassador of the UN Phnom Penh Chhe Keo quoted on Friday.
2. The Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balancur said AFP that Bangkok was open to interviews, maybe he helped Malaysia, but claimed that they had not yet received any proposal. Balankura said that the fighting began to be released on Friday afternoon.
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“We are ready if Cambodia wants to solve this matter through diplomatic channels, bilaterally or even through Malaysia, we are ready for it. But we haven’t had any answer yet,” Nikorndej AFP said before the UN meeting.
3. In the UN, the Cambodian envoy replied to the accusation that Cambodia had attacked Thailand and asked how a small country without an Air Force could attack a much larger country with an army three times and emphasizes, “We don’t.”
“(Security Council) demanded that both sides (show) maximum restrictions and resort to a diplomatic solution. We also demand that,” said Chhea Keo.
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4. Malaysia demanded the end of hostility and offered mediation. Malaysia is currently held by the chairman of the Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) of the regional block, whose members are Thailand and Cambodia.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that Thailand and Cambodia agreed to the ceasefire and withdrew their troops from the border, but applied for more time before the event, according to a report by the Malaysian National Agency Bernam.
Anwar said he was talking to Cambodian leader Hun Manet and Thai Phumtham and urged to open up space for “peaceful dialogue and diplomatic resolution” and offered Malaysia to facilitate interviews.
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5. Previously, the acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned that if the situation escalated, “could develop into war”. He said to Bangkok reporters, “For now, it remains limited to clashes.”
6. On Friday (2100 GMT Thursday) fighting continued in three areas around 4 am, said the Thai army with Cambodian forces that shot heavy weapons, field artillery and missile systems BM-21 and Thai troops responded “with appropriate support fire”.
7. The tension over the controversial border area broke out in the fight after the explosion of ground mines along the border was injured on Wednesday by five Thai soldiers. According to the Thai army, the fighting that began on Thursday focused on six places. It was about two ancient temples.
The latest conflict is a dramatic escalation in a long-term dispute between neighbors popular goals for millions of foreign tourists-on their shared border of 800 kilometers (500 million).
8. Both sides blamed each other for first firing. Thailand also accused Cambodia of targeting civilian infrastructure, including a hospital affected by shell and gasoline stations affected by at least one rocket.
9. At least 19 people-most of the civilians-on-Lato Cambodia confirmed its first mortality on Friday in Thailand in Thailand in Thailand in Thailand.
10. More than 138,000 people were evacuated from the Thai border areas, his Ministry of Health said, reporting 15 deaths – 14 civilians and a soldier – with other 46 injured, including 15 soldiers.
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