The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand will meet in Malaysia next Monday (28) to discuss the escalation of the conflict along the disputed border, according to the Malaysian state news agency, quoting Mohamad Hasan, the country’s foreign minister.
Hasan said Thailand’s interim prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet will travel to Malaysia on Monday (28), the state news agency said.
On Saturday (26), the president of the United States, of the two nations to press for a ceasefire.
“The connection with Cambodia has been closed, but expect to return the call over the interruption of war and the ceasefire based on what Thailand has to say. I’m trying to simplify a complex situation!” Trump wrote on his social network, adding that the call to the Thai leader is being made momentarily. “
Understand the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia
They have maintained a complex relationship of cooperation and rivalry in recent decades.
Countries share an 817 km land border. The demarcation was done by France, which controlled Cambodia as a colony.
The division resulted in an old dispute involving areas where historical sites and temples are, the two countries claim property.
Cambodia had already sought a decision of the UN International Court of Justice on dispute areas, including the place of the most recent confrontation.
But it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the CIJ and claims that some areas along the border have never been fully demarcated, including places from various old temples.
In 2011, Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in an area near the PREAH VIHEAR temple of the eleventh century, UNESCO World Heritage, displacing thousands of people on both sides and killing at least 20.
