Thailand accused Cambodia of “flagrant rape” of the high fire in force on Wednesday after several days of mortal clashes, and said that Cambodian soldiers had launched a night attack.
Bangkok and Phnom Penh agreed with a high fire, began the night from Monday to Tuesday, after five days of shooting at their common border 800 km long, in a context of territorial dispute.
However, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that several soldiers in the country, in the province of Sisket (East), had been attacked Wednesday morning “by the Cambodian forces” equipped with “small weapons and grenades.”
“This represents a shameless violation of the Alto El Fuego agreement,” the ministry denounced in a statement.
Night clashes
Thai government spokesman Jirayu Huangsab also reported night clashes in a statement, indicating that “the Thai (had) maintained control of the situation” and that the general situation along the border was “normal” from 8:00 am
On Tuesday, the Thai army had already accused its opponents of having raped the truce in several places, what Phnom Penh denied.
The tenacious resentments between Thailand and Cambodia are linked to a territorial dispute inherited from the French Indochina era.
The clashes took place between Thursday and Monday, of an intensity rarely seen in recent decades, they have spread on several fronts separated by hundreds of kilometers. They left at least 43 dead and caused the displacement of around 330,000 civilians, according to data updated on Tuesday.
Truce
Thai interim prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai and his Cambroyan counterpart Hun Manet agreed a truce after the mediation of Malaysia, encouraged by the United States and China.
On Tuesday, despite the Thai accusations against their neighbor, the commanders of the two parties met along the border, as planned by the agreement.
The Thai army said that de -escalation measures had been completed, including “a reinforcement or troops movements that could lead to misunderstandings.”
Later, Mareae Nalita Andamo, spokesman for the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, warned that “the situation (was) still fragile.”
The clashes have officially killed 30 on the Thai side, including 15 soldiers, and 13 dead, including five soldiers, on the Cambodian side. According to Phnom Penh, more than 188,000 Thai people have evacuated risk areas, and more than 140,000 Cambodians have done the same, according to Phnom Penh.
The two kingdoms crossed the bloodiest episode of their relations from 2008 to 2011, which had caused the death of 28 people.
Source: BFM TV
