Monday, February 7, 2011

Thai-Cambodia border fighting ‘damages’ temple

February 7, 2011
Suy Se

AFP


Cambodia accused Thailand of damaging an 11th-century temple in fresh clashes on Sunday and appealed to the United Nations to halt the “aggression” in the third day of cross-border fighting.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting “so as to stop Thailand’s aggression” which has “gravely threatened peace and stability in the region”.

But Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn rejected the accusation that his country was the aggressor, saying: “Thailand has clear policy that we will not invade any country.”
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