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Several dead, 138,000 people evacuated:
A level of violence never seen since 2011. Meanwhile, For two days. In addition, Thailand and Cambodia oppose a murderous conflict that could degenerate into “war”warned the first this Friday, July 25, 2025, a few hours before an emergency meeting and in camera of the UN Security Council.
At the origin of this violent escalation of violence between the two countries of Southeast Asia: a border disputewhich now involves combat aircraft, tanks, ground troops and artillery fire in several disputed places.
That scalage? – Several dead, 138,000 people evacuated
The Thai Health Ministry has reported 15 dead including a soldierand more than forty injured on his side. In addition, More than 138 000 habitants Northeast provinces have also been evacuated to temporary shelters, according to the authorities.
Cambodia deplored for its part a dead (A 70-year-old man). In addition, five injured, in the border province of Oddar Meanchey (northwest of the country), in what constitutes his first official assessment.
AFP journalists have also seen four Khmers soldiers receiving care in a hospital in this region. as well as three civilians treated for bursts of shells.
Why such tense relationships? – Several dead, 138,000 people evacuated
Diplomatic relations between the two neighbors, linked by rich cultural and economic ties, are at the lowest for decades. These tensions were several dead, 138,000 people evacuated rekindled a few months ago.
Bangkok. Phnom Penh, the two capitals, are engaged in a showdown Since the death of a Khmer soldier at the end of May 2025, during a nocturnal exchange of fire in a disputed area of their common border nicknamed the “emerald triangle”. The two countries dispute the layout of their common border, defined during French Indochina.
This showdown has increased in recent days to the point that, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Bangkok recalled his ambassador to Phnom Penh. Thailand also expelled from its territory the ambassador of Cambodia. who replied Thursday by withdrawing all its diplomatic staff stationed in Bangkok.
Who attacked the first? The two countries refer the ball
The fighting resumed in three areas Friday July 25, 2025 around 4 a.m. Cambodian forces have several dead, 138,000 people evacuated bombed for help heavy weapons. campaign artillery and BM-21 rocket systemssaid the army, and Thai troops retaliated “with appropriate support fire”.
The two countries accuse each other to have opened fire first and defend their right to defend themselves. Bangkok also accused his opponents of targeting civil infrastructure like a hospital. a service station, which Phnom Penh defended himself.
Thailand has also deployed several F-16 combat aircraft to strike what it has presented as Cambodian military targets.
The UN has given Raison Raison to Cambodge twice
The most violent episode linked to this dispute dates back to clashes around the temple of Preah Vihear Between 2008. 2011which had left at least 28 dead and tens of thousands of displaced.
The United Nations tribunal agreed in Cambodia twice. a 1962 one a 2013on the property of the Preah Vihear temple, listed as a World Heritage by several dead, 138,000 people evacuated UNESCO, and a surrounding area.
“We are ready” to find a compromise
At the request of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. the United Nations Security Council must hold on Friday An emergency meeting in New York. His Thai counterpart (interim), Phumtham Wechayachai, warned that the worsening of the situation would lead to “a war”.
We have tried to find a compromise because we are neighboring. but we gave the Thai army the investigation to act immediately in an emergency.
At the same time. Bangkok said he was “ready” to negotiate a exit from the crisis, by diplomatic route Or through Malaysia, which occupies the rotating presidency of the Association of Nations of Southeast Asia (ASEAN), of which Thailand and Cambodia are members.
The United States. France, the European Union and China have all called for dialogue and at several dead, 138,000 people evacuated the end of the conflict. “If Cambodia wants to resolve this question by diplomatic channels. bilaterally, or even through Malaysia, We are ready to do so ”The Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balancura told AFP.
“But so far we have received no response,” he nuanced. The representative also said that the fighting had lost intensity.
Source: AFP.
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