Thai-Cambodia border situation back to normal, says Thai PM
Posted: 15 October 2008 1921 hrs
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BANGKOK - Thailand's premier said Wednesday the situation has returned
to normal after fighting broke out on the border with Cambodia and
insisted Thai troops did not start the exchange.
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said fighting in disputed patches of
land near the ancient Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border
was "small scale", and said they had now subsided.
"We are not the ones who ignited the violence," Somchai told reporters.
"The situation has returned to normal now and this evening the foreign
ministry will hand over an aide memoir to a Cambodian diplomat," he said.
"It is not serious and I am convinced there will be resolution," he added.
Thailand's army spokesman has said one Cambodian soldier was killed and
four Thai troops were injured in Wednesday's clashes, which came after a
days of tension between the neighbours.
Cambodian army officials have insisted that Thai troops fired first
after they strayed into Cambodian territory.
Tensions between the neighbours flared this week after failed talks on
Monday aimed at cooling a months-long stand off over land near Preah
Vihear.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen then issued an ultimatum to the Thai
side to leave or risk conflict after he accused more than 80 Thai
soldiers of entering one of a handful of disputed areas.
- AFP /ls
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