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Mon, 02/21/2011 - 12:00
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Int'l military attaches call for talks to quickly end Thai-Cambodian border rows
SI SA KET, Feb 21 (TNA) - Military attaches from 14 countries have urged Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks to quickly settle border woes between the two neighbouring countries.
The military attaches from eight member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), except Cambodia and Thailand, and those from China, France, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States, made the call after visiting Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket Province bordering Cambodia on Monday (Feb 21)--when they were briefed on the updated situation along the common border in Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak District.
Thai Deputy Army Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Sirichai Ditthakul led the 14 foreign military attaches to visit Bhumsarol Witthaya School and Pha Mo E Daeng in Kantaralak to get their first-hand information on the updated situation related to a spate of clashes between Thai and Cambodian border troops--which erupted on February 4.
The 14 foreign military diplomats reportedly learned that tension caused by the spate of crossfire at Pha Mo E Daeng near the disputed ancient Preah Vihear Temple has eased and representatives of government agencies have now been allowed to visit Thai troops on duty at the scenic highland inside Thailand's Preah Vihear National Park along the border to boost their morale. (TNA)
The military attaches from eight member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), except Cambodia and Thailand, and those from China, France, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States, made the call after visiting Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket Province bordering Cambodia on Monday (Feb 21)--when they were briefed on the updated situation along the common border in Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak District.
Thai Deputy Army Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Sirichai Ditthakul led the 14 foreign military attaches to visit Bhumsarol Witthaya School and Pha Mo E Daeng in Kantaralak to get their first-hand information on the updated situation related to a spate of clashes between Thai and Cambodian border troops--which erupted on February 4.
The 14 foreign military diplomats reportedly learned that tension caused by the spate of crossfire at Pha Mo E Daeng near the disputed ancient Preah Vihear Temple has eased and representatives of government agencies have now been allowed to visit Thai troops on duty at the scenic highland inside Thailand's Preah Vihear National Park along the border to boost their morale. (TNA)
