Feb 6, 2011
DPA
Bangkok – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted Sunday Thai troops were not to blame for deadly border skirmishes with Cambodia, as a fragile truce held along a strip of disputed land.
‘I confirm that Thailand did not invade Cambodian territory,’ Abhisit said. ‘But we reserve our right to protect our sovereignty in an appropriate way.’
‘Our counterattacks never target civilians, only the (Cambodian) military that started firing on us,’ he said.
One Thai soldier, one civilian and at least three Cambodians were reportedly killed Friday and Saturday in exchanges of small arms and artillery fire along the border between Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province and Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province.
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