The treadmill explosion seriously injured three Thai soldiers at the border with Cambodia. However, after the July struggles between countries, there is extensive efforts to maintain the ceasefire.
The rush of the landmark was injured on Saturday by three patrolling Thai soldiers near the border with neighboring Cambodia. After five days of fighting, the countries signed an agreement on an unconditional ceasefire at the end of July, TASR writes based on Reuters and AFP reports.
The Thai army informed that the explosion occurred around 10.00 am local time (05.00 h). During the explosion of mines during a regular patrol, one soldier said he lost his leg, the other injured his back and shoulder, and the third suffered a serious ear injury as a result of the explosion.
In the past few weeks, this is the third incident of Thai soldiers with land mines. At the first two Bangkok, he accused Cambodia of laying mines on the Thai side of the border. Cambodia denied it and said the soldiers were injured in the mines set during war conflicts in the past.
During the five -day clashes at the end of July, at least 43 people died at the border of Thailand and Cambodia was forced to leave more than 300,000 people. In addition to soldiers, the country’s fighting was also involved in fighter aircraft, artillery or missiles. Fighting after the ceasefire ended on 29 July.
Defense Ministers of both countries agreed on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia that observers from the Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) will be able to monitor the disputed border areas between the two states to prevent the renewal of fighting.
Talks about the ceasefire between Thailand’s prime ministers and Cambodia only occurred after US President Donald Trump made the continuation of the commercial negotiations with the peaceful solution of the situation. The intermediaries of the interviews were Malaysia and China.
