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Bangkok - Tensions eased along the Thai-Cambodian border Thursday after troops from both countries jointly destroyed a concrete plaque placed in a disputed area by Cambodian forces.
The red and gold plaque, with the English inscription 'Here! Is Cambodia,' had been erected at the weekend on orders from the Cambodian foreign ministry, Thai border forces quoted their Cambodian counterparts as saying.
It triggered a fresh wave of tension along the border, with both sides reinforcing their troops near the disputed Preah Vihear temple.
The temple, on a high cliff on the border between Thailand's Si Sa Ket province and Cambodia's Preah Vihear province, has been a bone of contention between the two countries for more than half a century.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia, but did not rule on a nearby plot of land, also claimed by both countries.
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The red and gold plaque, with the English inscription 'Here! Is Cambodia,' had been erected at the weekend on orders from the Cambodian foreign ministry, Thai border forces quoted their Cambodian counterparts as saying.
It triggered a fresh wave of tension along the border, with both sides reinforcing their troops near the disputed Preah Vihear temple.
The temple, on a high cliff on the border between Thailand's Si Sa Ket province and Cambodia's Preah Vihear province, has been a bone of contention between the two countries for more than half a century.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia, but did not rule on a nearby plot of land, also claimed by both countries.
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