By South-East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel
ABC News Australia
A local tourist has been killed at a disputed border temple where there has been fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over the past four days.
The Cambodian tourist was apparently killed while photographing the disputed Preah Vihear Temple on the Cambodian side of the border.
The Cambodian government says the World Heritage ruin has been extensively damaged after being hit by around 100 shells which it says came from Thai troops.
The Thai military has accused the Cambodian army of firing the first shots in the skirmish, which began on Friday.
However, Cambodia claims the Thai soldiers provoked them by moving into an agreed demilitarised zone around the temple.
The temple has been declared Cambodian, but its ownership and the demarcation of the border around it are disputed by Thai nationalists.
A spokeswoman for Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says both sides should to respect a ceasefire agreement and exercise maximum restraint.
She says Australia continues to urge Thailand and Cambodia to resolve the dispute peacefully through dialogue and to take all necessary steps to reduce tensions and avoid further conflict.
2 comments:
Negotiation with Thailand is useless. They have never honor to their words/treaties.
They are unfaithful people for us to trust.
We better ask for 3rd party to intervene.
I agree with above 50%. The reason they don't honor us, because we got stupid thugs leader, who don't respect the laws, who abuse our people, who betrayed our country, who corrupted government, who alway lie.
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