In a short firefight on the finish of Could, a Cambodian soldier was killed alongside the international locations’ shared border.
Thai and Cambodian forces will return to their beforehand agreed-upon positions on the border, each side have introduced, after the 2 governments strengthened their army presence following an eruption of violence that killed a Cambodian soldier.
Thai Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai mentioned on Sunday that each side hoped the thorny border concern may very well be absolutely resolved by means of a gathering on Saturday of the Joint Boundary Committee, which was set as much as facilitate bilateral negotiations.
However Cambodian International Minister Prak Sokhonn reiterated that his authorities had known as on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice to resolve the border dispute.
“Given the complexity, historic nature and sensitivity of those disputes, it’s more and more evident that bilateral dialogue alone could now not suffice to carry a couple of complete and lasting answer,” Sokhonn mentioned.
Nonetheless, Thailand has mentioned it doesn’t recognise the court docket’s jurisdiction and proposes to settle the matter by means of bilateral negotiations.
The 2 international locations have, for greater than a century, contested sovereignty over undemarcated factors alongside their shared border when France mapped out Cambodia in 1907 when it was a French colony.
Since 2008, when preventing first broke out over an Eleventh-century Hindu temple, bouts of violence have sporadically occurred, ensuing within the deaths of at the least 28 folks.
In the newest outbreak on Could 28, a Cambodian soldier was killed within the disputed border area between Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province and Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province.
Whereas the Thai and Cambodian militaries agreed to quell tensions, Cambodia mentioned it may maintain its troops within the space regardless of Thailand urging it to depart.
On Saturday, the Thai military took management of the “opening and shutting” of all border crossings it shares with Cambodia, referring to a “menace to Thailand’s sovereignty and safety”.
Based on authorities knowledge, Thailand operates 17 official border crossings alongside the shared 817km (508-mile) frontier.
Earlier on Sunday, the military shortened working hours at 10 border crossings.