(Bloomberg) -kambodža and Thailand have agreed to gradually choose heavy weapons from their disputed boundaries and cooperate on commissions, key steps to de-eating tension after violent clashes in July killed dozens.
The aim of the measure is to bring peace and stability to their approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) and agreed on Wednesday at a special meeting of the General Border Committee. The panel is one of the mechanisms established by both countries to solve security questions.
Southeast Asia neighbors continued to build soldiers and weapons along the border for more than six weeks after they agreed to the ceasefire mediated by US President Donald Trump. Five days of intense fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces in July using fighter aircraft, missiles and heavy artillery killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of border areas in both countries.
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Defense officials will complete the implementation plan for the transfer of heavy artillery and destructive weapons and equipment back to their common military installations in three weeks, the Thai Deputy Minister of Defense Nattaphon Narkhanit said on Wednesday at briefing. It also sets up a panel for coordinating the check -up of the land along the border within a month, he said.
Removal of heavy and destructive weapons will help urgent de-escalign tension, said Cambodian Minister of Defense Tea Seiha.
National mines played an essential role in the acids of ties between the two countries. A series of fixed mines in July injured several Thai soldiers, which made Thailand to remember his ambassador from Phnom Penh and expel the Cambodian ambassador. A day later the fighting broke out.
Both countries also agreed to prepare a common action plan to suppress fraud, while Thailand provided coordinates of more than 60 such places in Cambodia for decisive measures, according to Nattaphon.
The new Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnviracul said he renews peace with Cambodia as a priority and at the same time protects the country’s sovereignty. This was followed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was removed last month as the Prime Minister for ethical violations of its resolution of the border dispute.
Both parties agreed to re -open some border crossings, which will facilitate trade to mitigate the impact on companies and transport, according to a joint statement.
The conflict of Thailand-Kambodska monitors its roots to a long-term tension stemming from the maps of the colonial era and contracts that defined their shared limit. Since 2011, relations have remained relatively stable, which left dozens of dead before they exploded for five days of intensive struggle this year.
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