February 16, 2011
By the CNN Wire Staff
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- A Thai soldier is injured in Wednesday's military exchange, Thailand says
- The two countries are fighting over a temple
- The temple sits on a cliff in Cambodia, but the most accessible entrance is from Thailand
- Thailand believes the temple is in its territory
(CNN) -- Border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia flared for a second day in an ongoing dispute over an ancient Hindu temple, a Thai military official said Wednesday.
There were several exchanges of gunfire overnight, according to Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd, a Thai military spokesman, who said the exchanges were brief.
Some hand grenades were thrown and one Thai soldier was injured, he said.
The Asian neighbors have been urged by the U.N. Security Council to end their dispute over Preah Vihear temple.
The council issued a statement on Monday, following a closed-door session on the conflict that included representatives from both sides and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
"The members of the Security Council called on the two sides to display maximum restraint and avoid any action that may aggravate the situation," said the statement, read by Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil, which holds the monthly presidency of the 15-member body for February.
"The members of the Security Council further urged the parties to establish a permanent ceasefire and to implement it fully and resolve the situation peacefully and through effective dialogue," she said.
Border skirmishes, which started earlier this month, have killed five people, including members of the military and civilians, a statement from ASEAN said, adding that each nation accuses the other of firing first.
The clashes stem from a longstanding conflict related to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple. The building sits on a cliff in Cambodian territory, but the most accessible entrance to the site is on the Thai side.
In a letter to the United Nations last week, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that in addition to the human toll the fighting was taking, the temple had suffered damage.
Conflict over the site has taken place periodically for years. In 1962, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, ruled that the site was in Cambodia, adding that the structure was "an outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture."
But Thailand says the 1.8-square-mile (4.7-square-kilometer) area around Preah Vihear was never fully demarcated, and blames a map drawn at the beginning of the 20th-century during the French occupation of Cambodia.
In July 2008, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site, meaning the U.N. believes the place has outstanding universal value.
8 comments:
Look Kasit I'm not ah Hun Sen supporter....what the fuck are you talking about? You fucken Thais are good in twisting the stories. You should be thankful that ah Hun Sen is in power, if the Khmer Democratic force is in power you would get what you want and you'll see the bilateral way of resolving the issue for sure you fucken twisted mind people. Regardless one day you'll know.....you'll see the war of attrition with Cambodia for as long as you want the bilateral way.....I laugh when I watch your fucken reasons....you can do us a favour by killing ah Hun Sen and then we can square off later ah Kasit.....you are as worse as ah Hu Sen....you are a devil/deamon with angel's face.....where as ah Sen always a devil with a devil's face....
Fighting to protect our identity is not a terrorist act.
Remembered of the all new countries split from the former Yugoslavia. They all started with that kind of terrorist acts and the world community also supported them.
Cambodia should use all human resources, rebuilding our Cambodian military forces to protect our sovereignty.
Therefore, we have the right to recruit all Khmer around the world to work for our military forces. In Mekong Delta, we have not just Khmer, but also have a lot Khmer/Viets (father or mother Khmer).
We also have the right to recruit the Khmer descents from other side of our today border and other parts of the southern of Thailand, who love and ready to protect our country. They are still Khmer Descents, under the new Cambodian Constitution, as Khmer citizen like we all.
To all Khmers and foreigners,
Please hear the answer from Thai foreign minister carefully, that is so shit what he said:
1) why Thailand don't raise this prblem to UN?
2) How Asia can help Cambodia?
3) Hun you hear, Thailand want help Cambodia for having a better life and wnat more investition , a part of them in your pocket like Mubarak too (30 years in power, he is richer than bill Gates).
Kasit is such a liar. This dispute is created by Thailand. Everything he is saying a liar. It was Thailand who wanted to occupy the 4.6 km and started sending troop to the area. The area has been under Khmer control for decades and the world court gave the verdict that the area is under Cambodia sovereignty.
CNN is biased too where is the Cambodian side of the story? Why do you want to hear the Thai side of the story?
That temple belong to Cambodia. Thais got problem keep shoting and talk later.
Hun Sen hould get out to..
Thai doesn't want to fight,But why the thai govermend sent the troops above 20,000 to the border, WHY? CAN THE WORLD EXPLAIN TO THAT ISSUE.THERE IS NO DIFFRENT THAN ONE HAND SHAKE ONE HAND HOLDING A KNIFT BEHIND THERE BACK.
My beloved Khmers/ Thai in Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces,
We, Khmers overseas love all of you. We know your daily life situation.
As you know, this war has been caused by Yellow Shirt and Abhisit group.
UN called all parties to UNSC. Cambodia won.
UN asked ASEAN to mediate. Cambodia won.
Abhisit was installed by Yellow shirt. Two yellow shirts are in Cambodian Jail. Both, Abhisit and Yellow shirt are very mad. To obey Yellow shirt and need their support to stay in office, Abhist and his group must provoke the war with Cambodia.
Please tell your sons, relatives, and friends in the Thai army to throw the guns away and run back home. Don't die for Yellow shirt and Abhisit.
Please call Cambodian army where are the position of Thai soldiers along the border.
his speech shows thai are real thief. everything had happened he blamed on khmer. thailand need real khmer rouge to blow them all the way back to the border of china.
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