Cambodian News

BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) – Thai Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Saturday that he was confident that the border dispute with Cambodia will not lead to war between the two countries as some fear.
Thailand’s Army Region 2 commander will hold talks with Cambodia’s army region 4 commander to ease tension along the border and [...]

BANGKOK, July 1 (Xinhua) — Thai-Cambodian relations are still cordial and the border dispute near Preah Vihear Temple will be solved, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said here Wednesday.
On June 25, both sides stepped up reinforcements at the disputed border after the Thai government announced it planned to ask the UNESCO to [...]

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Thailand Thursday it must respect his country’s sovereignty ahead of talks over the two countries’ disputed border near an ancient temple.
Thai deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban is scheduled to meet with Hun Sen Saturday at his home near Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to discuss the troop [...]

BANGKOK, April 6 (Xinhua) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday he would discuss with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen about defusing tensions along the two countries’ border on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus 3 summit, Thai News Agency reported.
The issue won’t be raised at the three-day [...]

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday called on a Thai military delegation to open an investigation into the firing of Thai rockets over the Cambodian border earlier this week.
Hun Sen met with a delegation led by Gen. Jeradej Kotcharat, deputy commander of the Thai army, which carried a message of apology for the firing of [...]

Cambodia is maintaining peaceful bilateral talks with Thailand, despite the recent failure of a border commission to resolve the ongoing military standoff at Preah Vihear temple, a senior official said Monday.
“What is important is the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Prime Minister Hun Sen, we honor Thailand as our neighbor,” Phay Siphan, a spokesman for the [...]

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia and Thailand agreed Friday to withdraw the remaining troops on their disputed border to avoid a repeat of last year’s armed clashes near a 900-year-old Hindu temple.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking to reporters after meeting Thai Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, said they agreed to jointly demarcate the jungle-clad area [...]

BANGKOK – Thai and Cambodian negotiators said Wednesday they had made little headway during fresh talks aimed at ending a border stand-off which erupted into a deadly military clash last year.
Senior government and military officials from the two nations, meeting in Bangkok, had hoped to make progress on border demarcation and reducing troop numbers in [...]

Twenty-six Cambodian delegates left for Bangkok Monday to resume stalled border talks following months of political unrest in Thailand.
Thousands of Thai and Cambodian troops have been deployed to the border since July, when long-simmering border disputes ignited after the announcement of Preah Vihear temple as a Cambodian World Heritage.
“We are leaving today for the issue, [...]

Negotiations between Thailand and Cambodia over Preah Vihear have stumbled over the spelling of the name of the famed ancient temple.
A Thai official said yesterday officials of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission were trying to find a way around the problem so border negotiations could proceed.
Vasin Teeravechyan, who chairs the commission, said a solution acceptable [...]