By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation
Thailand and Cambodia should not put too much of a spin for local consumption on the result of the United Nations Security Council meeting, because it could spark further conflict instead of reducing the tension.
In a press statement after the Valentine’s Day meeting in New York, the UN Security Council’s president, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, said: “Members of the Security Council further urged the parties to establish a permanent ceasefire, and implement it fully and resolve the situation peacefully through effective dialogue.”
The UNSC held a meeting on Monday to listen to both sides on the situation at the border area adjacent to the Preah Vihear temple.
Cambodia urged the UN to help ensure a “permanent ceasefire” at the disputed area by sending UN peacekeeping forces to create a buffer zone around the 900-year-old sandstone temple.
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