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Phnom Penh/Bangkok - Cambodia on Friday denied having anything to do with the death of a Thai soldier allegedly killed on the border overnight, hours after a ceasefire agreement.
General Prayuth Chan-ocha, chief of the Thai army, said earlier that Cambodia renewed their shelling of Thai positions after Thursday's agreement, killing one soldier.
A spokesman for the Cambodian government denied the accusation, saying that the Thai forces broke the ceasefire.
'Yesterday night, we did not fire a single shot back to Thailand,' Phay Siphan said Friday. He said he felt Thailand had agreed to the truce only to 'prepare another offensive.'
He said the Thai military had fired six mortar shells into Cambodian territory overnight in a 'provocative act.' 'But we restrain ourselves and we don't return fire,' he said.
The border area was currently quiet, he told German Press Agency dpa around 11 am (0400 GMT).
A meeting between Thai and Cambodian generals scheduled for 10 am had not taken place because the Thai side had failed to show up, he said.
The fighting, which broke out on April 22 around disputed temples on the border, has resulted in the deaths of seven Thai and eight Cambodian soldiers, as well as one Thai civilian death, and more than 60 people wounded on both sides.
Each side has blamed the other for instigating the conflict.
On Thursday, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Bangkok would welcome a long-standing offer from Indonesia to station observers at the Thai-Cambodian border to monitor the ceasefire, and that Bangkok was 'sincere and earnest' in its desire for peace.
Kasit was speaking after talks Thursday with his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa. Indonesia, the current chair of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), has been tasked with mediating between the two sides.
Cambodia has long said it wanted Indonesian border monitors, but a deal to place them stalled Monday when Thailand objected to some of the details in the agreement.
Bangkok has requested that the deal include the removal of Cambodian troops from temples along the border, a condition which Phnom Penh has refused to accept.
Cambodia said that more than 31,000 of its citizens had fled the border region, while Kasit said around 50,000 Thai civilians had been evacuated from their villages.
Thailand has blamed UNESCO for exacerbating the tensions with its decision in 2008 to list the 11th-century temple of Preah Vihear, one of the contentious sites, as a World Heritage Site, despite Thai claims that a 4.6-square-kilometre area near the temple is still the subject of a five-decade border demarcation dispute.
7 comments:
dasdas
It looks like your test is working at last Mr. dasdas.
I don't believe what Cambodian side says. Hun Sen wants to bring the issue to the international stage, so he ordered his idiotic son to start firing the Thai soildiers. Hun Sen doesnot want to have a bilater talk. This idiot gives out many plots of Land to Vietnam and tries to siez some lands from the Thai soil. He deserved the Death sentence.
I think all idiotic Cambodians should know that Hun Sen would like to appoint his own son to repace Gen Tia Banh. Hun Sen Fears that Tia Buans may stage a coup against him. So He ordered his son to start firing agianst the Thai soildiers, so that he can become the HERO and so deserves to control the whole Cambodian army. Tia Banh will be forced to retire soon!!!
Foreigners don't know how treacherous the Thais are; they lied and cheat about everything. Nobody knows Thailand better than its' neighbors--Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Burma.
HI, Read this:
Natalegawa also said Thailand welcomes the deployment of an Indonesian observer team to the disputed area.
This idea was first agreed upon in an emergency meeting of ASEAN's Foreign Ministers in February, also in Jakarta. The observers have not been deployed, after Thailand later stated their presence was not needed.
"I just want to reassure that Thailand will work very earnestly and in a very serious manner with Indonesia in the role of Indonesia as a great facilitator," the Thai foreign minister said.
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Now you know about Abhisit'trick, and Thai military's agressors.
So open you eyes !
Doen't matter HUn Sen take the case to ICJ or not, Siem will continue to invade Cambodia. It is its nature, and its venture internsl political reason.
Siem will not stop invading Cambodia. Get missile and torpidos from North Korea to defend Cambodia
overseas
Thai news:
Three Thai villagers based in Surin's Phanom Dong Rak district have been arrested for allegedly providing target coordinates for Cambodia's rocket attacks as well as food and supplies to Cambodian soldiers.
Sanat Phimkao, a former village head, has been released due to insufficient evidence but as of last night, Khamphan Wongsa and Sermsuk Phochaile were still being detained by police for further questioning.
The arrests came after the military received information allegedly indicating they had shopped for supplies and food and delivered them to Cambodian soldiers.
The military was also suspicious because rockets from BM21 multiple launchers were landing frequently in Nong Khan Na village. Police found in their mobile phones a large number of numbers with area codes in Cambodia.
From reader:
Dear beloved Khmer SURIN,
We highly salute your noble action at this important moment for taking part in defending our Khmer Empire land.
We die for our country not for our ennemy.
May load buddha bess all Khmers around the world, especially our soldiers at the frontline.
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