Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AP) – The Cambodian Ministry of Defense said on Monday that the country’s units did not participate in the stain of the country whose ownership is questioned by neighboring Thai, but the statement also rang the recent statements of both parties on both parties.
Last week, the Cambodian and Thai authorities joined the sabers, after armed confrontation on the border of 28th May left one Cambodian soldier dead. The incident, which each party accused of the other, allegedly took place in a relatively small “land of any person” that formed the territory along their border, which both countries claim to be theirs.
The statement of the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday was not the first principle of “no withdrawal of soldiers”. He stated that “Cambodian forces were not withdrawn from any areas within the Cambodian sovereignty, where they were located for a long time.” The wording remained unclear exactly which positions were occupied for a long time.
His statement was also reaffirmed by the Cambodian territorial claim, covering not only a place near the Morakotian village in the Northwest province of Preah Vihear, where a soldier was killed, but also three other pieces of controversial land.
Cambodian Defense Minister Seiha on Sunday painted a slightly different image and said that Cambodia and Thai military leaders met and decided to adjust the military forces of both sides to return to the relevant areas to reduce the tension and confront each other.
His statement seemed in line with what Thai Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai announced on Sunday that both sides had withdrawn their forces where they were in 2024.
There was a hard speech on both sides focused mainly on the drumming of nationalist support between their own domestic audience. In Thailand, the elected government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was attacked by right -wing nationalists who are long -term enemies of her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatry.
Already last year, the Paetongtarn’s government was attacked for nationalist reasons for proposing to continue interviews with Cambodia to delimit a maritime territory, which is expected to keep profitable hydrocarbon resources.
There is a long history in the border area, so Thailand leaves especially bitter.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice in the Hague in the Netherlands of Cambodia, on which the historic temple of Preah Vihear stands. In 2013, the decision was reaffirmed, which became the main irritating in bilateral relations. In 2011 there were serious unique clashes.
Last week, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet undertook to take four of the currently questionable courts to determine ownership, even if Thailand had not been involved to “end this problem and once to spoil to avoid any further confusion.”
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