(Bloomberg) -Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in the border area of the northeast Thailand, exchanged shooting and launched grenades in the first conflict between their forces because they agreed on the American ceasefire at the end of July.
The Thai army received a message from its unit that Cambodian soldiers fired into the Chong area and in the Ubon Ratchathani province, army spokesman Winthai Suvaree said on Saturday. The Suranaaree’s working group was included in the emergency room and was ordered to respond properly, Winthai said. No injuries or death were reported on the Thai side.
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The Cambodian Ministry for the National Defense said that Thai military forces initially burned hand firearms and mortars at their military base of SEH. Cambodian armed forces carefully monitor the situation and are fully prepared to defend the territorial integrity of the nation.
The conflict began at the end of May after the army of two nations exchanged shooting in the border area, resulting in the death of the Cambodian soldier, after which the tension escalated.
At the beginning of July, the court suspended the then Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra until the investigation of the accusation of misconduct for its resolution of the conflict. The former prime minister was eventually rejected after the Constitutional Court ruled that the leaked private telephone call, which had a dream with the former Cambodian leader Hun, was an ethical violation.
The relations between these two nations remain tense months after the ceasefire, and the newly installed Prime Minister Anutin Charnviracul stated that he plans to take steps to peacefully resolve the border dispute.
(Update with details of earlier clashes from the fourth paragraph.)
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