AFP
Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire briefly on their border on Saturday - the latest in a series of clashes between the neighbours, officials from both countries said.
The shoot-out on Cambodia's northwestern border lasted for about 15 minutes, but there were no reports of casualties, Cambodian defence ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat told AFP.
"While our troops were patrolling the border, the Thai soldiers opened fire at them. So our troops fired back," he said.
He said troops from both sides fired rockets and grenades as well as rifles, but calm returned after a meeting between Cambodian and Thai military commanders in the area.
The Thai military confirmed the shoot-out.
"It was a misunderstanding and nobody was injured in the clash," said a Thai army officer who asked not to be named.
Cambodia and Thailand have been locked in nationalist tensions and a troop standoff at their disputed border since July 2008, when Cambodia's 11th century Preah Vihear temple was granted UNESCO World Heritage status.
The latest skirmish was in a different area to the temple, which has been the focus of deadly clashes between the two armies in the past.
Relations deteriorated further in November after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as his economic adviser and refused to extradite him to Thailand.
The shoot-out on Cambodia's northwestern border lasted for about 15 minutes, but there were no reports of casualties, Cambodian defence ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat told AFP.
"While our troops were patrolling the border, the Thai soldiers opened fire at them. So our troops fired back," he said.
He said troops from both sides fired rockets and grenades as well as rifles, but calm returned after a meeting between Cambodian and Thai military commanders in the area.
The Thai military confirmed the shoot-out.
"It was a misunderstanding and nobody was injured in the clash," said a Thai army officer who asked not to be named.
Cambodia and Thailand have been locked in nationalist tensions and a troop standoff at their disputed border since July 2008, when Cambodia's 11th century Preah Vihear temple was granted UNESCO World Heritage status.
The latest skirmish was in a different area to the temple, which has been the focus of deadly clashes between the two armies in the past.
Relations deteriorated further in November after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as his economic adviser and refused to extradite him to Thailand.
10 comments:
This is no fucken misunderstanding on the Cambodian part! You Siem bastards shoot to kill Cambodian and you Siem called this a misunderstanding?
You Siem shoot to kill Cambodian is no misunderstanding and you Siem will be responsible!
Cambodian can apply the same Siem logic by shooting to kill the Siem and claimed it as misunderstanding!
"Misunderstanding",What?Did you thai army think we were monkeying around or what?we only act aggressive tort our own people only OK!
Khmer Surin vs. Khmer
they tried to divert attention from the problem that they're facing internally with the red-shirt people.....it's the same old tactic.....The cambodians just make sure don't fall into their game.
Exactly what 8:03 had said!
Why Gen. Chea Dara and Gen. Srey Duek kept saying Thais and Khmers are good and friendly fron now on..? no need to worry about fighting again? i don't think Thais wanted to be friend or live peacefully with Khmers, they just play along and play coooool with khmers for now, and they will strike whenever they get their opportunity...Khmers shouldn't trust Thais too much...Khmers in the ancient made dumb mistaken...lost so much of our lands to Thailand
I wanted Khmer soldiers to teach Thais soldier some more lessons...they always look down on Khmer like dirts..Next time use heavy weapons against them..
that was a lie Chhum Socheat . If they shot at you first while you are walking ,how come no one got hurt ? Give me the gun and let me shoot at you first and see if you are going to get hit or not . You are talking about automatic rifles and machine gun , not about the weapons leftover from world war 1 .
Dear guys,
Even we don't know each other but please try to be polite as the Khmer whose Buddhist followers country, the world know us as Khmer who has good culture in talking, meeting and treating each other.
Let kill all those Siam crazy dogs aka Thai thieves!!!
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