Source: Xinhua
“Negotiations bilaterally have failed, therefore we need one other, third, party to have the two parties settle our problem,” Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong
The UN Security Council on Monday called on Cambodia and Thailand to cool down, arrange a permanent ceasefire and get on with talks over their recent deadly border skirmishes, likened by Bangkok to a family feud.
Military units of the two Southeast Asia neighbors exchanged fire on Feb. 4-7 over a long-running frontier-demarcation disagreement involving an ancient Hindu temple now on the World Heritage list.
At least eight people were killed and scores of others wounded. Tens of thousands of nearby villagers fled the disputed area during the fighting.
Since the confrontation, a tense ceasefire has been observed.
Cambodia asked the Security Council to meet on the conflict over the Temple of Vihear and to call in Thailand for talks. Thailand refers to the disputed holy site as the Temple of Phra Viharn.
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