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Two days after the agreement a ceasefire in the border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand the Thai army has the armed forces Cambodia accused of breaking the lull in fighting. “More than 250 drones” entered Thailand on Sunday evening, the Thai army said. This “provocation” is “incompatible” with the agreement on the ceasefire.
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn then said on state television that both sides had agreed to investigate and “immediately resolve” the incident. It is a “small problem related to drone flights that were seen from both sides along the border line.”
Conflict goes back to border demarcation by France
The two Southeast Asian nations had an immediate clash on Saturday after weeks of fighting Truce agreed. The agreement therefore applies to all types of weapons and includes any attacks on civilian or military targets, the agreement said. Both sides wanted to stop their troop movements and enable refugee civilians to return as quickly as possible. Before the fighting left at least 47 dead on both sides of the border around a million people fled.
The border conflict that has been simmering for many years Tensions between the two countries flared up again in December after several months without fighting. The cause of the conflict is a dispute over the unclear border demarcation by Cambodia’s former colonial power France in 1907. Both sides claim, among other things, historical temple ruins in the area. How the approximately 800 kilometer long border should run has not yet been negotiated.
At the end of the recent fighting, the USA, China and Malaysia. The three countries had already brokered a ceasefire after fighting between the conflicting parties in July. US President Donald Trump announced a further agreement in Octoberwhich, however, was broken again after a few days.
China demands compliance with the ceasefire
The foreign ministers were still there today, Monday Thailand and Cambodia with their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China. Wang called the ceasefire there “hard-won” and called on the two countries not to allow fighting to resume.
Implementing the agreement requires continued communication, with China offering its support, Wang said. Although both Cambodia and Thailand are members of the Southeast Asian alliance Asean, the role of the alliance, which partly competes with China, was not mentioned in the ceasefire declaration.
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