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| A photographer takes photos of Cambodian soldiers after a firefight broke out with Thai soldiers near Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, some 543 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on October 15, 2008. (Photo: Getty Images) |
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
By SOPHENG CHEANG / AP WRITER
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s leader offered words of peace Tuesday to Thailand, a day after the United Nations rebuffed his request to intervene in his country’s sporadic armed border conflict with its bigger neighbor.
Thailand said one of its soldiers was wounded in fresh skirmish Tuesday, though Cambodia denied any fighting.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said his country needs peace with its neighbors to foster development. He urged that the deadly border issue be quickly solved and that fighting not be allowed to spread.
At least eight people on both sides have died in fighting that began Feb. 4. The two nations have clashed several times in the area since 2008, when the UN declared Preah Vihear a World Heritage site. But the latest skirmishes were the most intense yet, marking the first time artillery and mortars have been used, according to soldiers and locals.
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