The clashes between Thailand and Cambodia are 33 dead – Liberation

The toll is now worse than that of the 2011 embraces. Therefore, The border fights between Cambodia. Moreover, Thailand left 33 dead on both sides of the border, according to the latest figures available on Saturday. Therefore, The Cambodian Defense Ministry said 13 people had been killed and 71 others injured on the Cambodian side. Therefore, The Thai army for its part announced that 5 soldiers had been killed on Friday. However, which takes stock of 20 dead on Thai side (14 civilians and 6 soldiers). Similarly, The previous series of major border clashes between the two countries had killed 28 people between 2008 and 2011.

This long -standing border dispute and degenerated Thursday into confrontations involving combat aircraft, tanks, ground troops and artillery fire. Furthermore, More than 138. 000 people were forced to clashes between thailand cambodia 33 evacuate the Thai regions backed by the border, while in Cambodia, more than 35,000 people had to flee their homes. The events have led the UN Security Council to meet urgently. At the end of this closed -door meeting. the Cambodian ambassador to the United Nations Chhea Keo, said his country had asked for a “Immediate, unconditional ceasefire and we have also called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.”

Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiamposa. in return declared on Saturday that Cambodia was to show a “True sincerity to end the conflict” : “I urge Cambodia to stop violating Thai sovereignty” and turn to the «dialogue bipartite», said the minister to the press. Both camps accuse to have opened fire first. Thailand claims that Cambodia has targeted civil infrastructure, including a hospital and a service station, which Phnom Penh defends himself. Cambodia, for its part, accuses clashes between thailand cambodia 33 Thai forces of using submunition weapons.

Friday, before the UN meeting, Thailand had said said leaving the door open to negotiations, with Malaysia as possible intermediary. Malaysia currently chairs the Association of Nations of Southeast Asia, ASEAN, of which Thailand and Cambodia are members.

The fighting constitutes a major escalation in the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand over their common border of 800 kilometers. The two neighbors dispute his route, defined at the time of French Indochina. A decision by the United Nations International Court of Justice in 2013 resulted in the problem for more than a decade. but the current crisis broke out in May when a Cambodian soldier was killed during a night exchange in the so -called “emerald triangle”.

Relations between the two countries have particularly deteriorated last month when former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun clashes between thailand cambodia 33 Sen published the recording of a head of the Thai government’s heads then. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, about the border dispute. This flight caused a political crisis in Thailand. The comments of the political leader were interpreted as a disavowal of the generals of Bangkok. and led to his suspension by the Constitutional Court.