PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia will ask the Southeast Asian regional grouping ASEAN to send observers to monitor a fragile cease-fire at its disputed border with Thailand, a move likely to be resisted by its neighbour.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Thailand had ignored a call for restraint by the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Monday and it was necessary for ASEAN to step in to ensure peace prevails at their border near the 11th Century Preah Vihear temple following deadly clashes this month.
The request is likely to rile Thailand, which has long called for a bilateral solution to end the standoff and accuses Cambodia of trying to internationalise the issue by insisting on United Nations intervention.
“We will ask ASEAN observers to come to the Preah Vihear area to make sure that a permanent cease-fire holds and let’s see whether the Thais accept or not,” Hor Namhong told reporters on Wednesday.
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