Thailand and Cambodia continue with the backing at their border this Sunday for the fourth consecutive day, despite the apparent intention of both parties to reach a high fire and the requests for dialogue of international leaders, including the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
“Thai forces continue to carry out aggressive incursions into Cambodian territory,” confirmed the spokeswoman for the Cambodian Ministry of Defense, confirmed in a press conference, Maly Socheatawho said that Bangkok is attacking with “heavy weapons”, such as cluster pumps and fighters. The deputy spokesman of the Thai army, Ritcha Suksuwanonhe reported by rush by Name pen In the provinces of Tingling y Ubon Ratchathani With artillery projectiles.
Thailand and Cambodia are engaged in a fourth day of cross attacks that leave at least 32 dead, dozens of wounded and thousands of displaced people, according to the latest official figures, despite the fact that the governments of both nations seem aimed at initiating negotiations towards a high fire. Trump said the eve he kept calls with the leaders of the two Asian countries, Phumtham wateachai y Hun Manetwith a view to stopping the clashes on their common border and said that both parties “have agreed to meet immediately and quickly negotiate a fire.”
Pressure for a high fire
Both Wechayachai as Hun Manet They corroborated their respective conversations with the US president, who is grateful for their concern for hostilities. “I asked President Trump to transmit Thailand’s desire to convene a bilateral dialogue as soon as possible to establish measures and procedures for the high fire and the eventual peaceful resolution of the conflict,” wrote Thai interim prime minister on Facebook.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterreshe pointed out on Saturday that “it remains available to help in any effort that leads to a peaceful solution of the dispute.” On Friday, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahimas president of the country that holds the rotary presidency of the Association of Nations of Southeast Asia (ASEAN), of which Thailand and Cambodia are part, proposed a high fire.
Bangkok and Nom Pen drag a historic territorial dispute over divergences on the line that defines its border, which has caused several clashes in history, including intermittent fighting between 2008 and 2011 that left about thirty dead. The conflict was revived last May, when a Cambodian soldier died in a fray between the two armies.
