Bangkok: The army leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet Thursday (29 May), each governments mentioned, after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a border conflict.
The Thai Prime Minister of the Lake Shinawatra instructed journalists on Thursday that “either side ought to stay calm and talk about to see what we are able to agree” and requested for a peaceable dialogue.
His Cambodian counterparty Hun Manet wrote on Facebook who hoped that the assembly between the 2 commanders of the military “will produce optimistic outcomes”.
Thai protection minister Phumtham Wechayachii instructed journalists that the interviews shall be held on Thursday afternoon, including that there had been a “misunderstood by either side”.
A Cambodian soldier was killed on Wednesday throughout an trade of pictures with the Thai military on the border, mentioned a spokesman for the Cambodian military.
His demise – a uncommon fatality alongside the lengthy -sensitive frontier – got here after the Cambodian and Thai leaders participated in a summit of the South -East Asia wherein the grouping of the regional Asean promised better cooperation.
Thailand’s military mentioned on Wednesday that his troopers shot in response to the pictures of the border drive of Cambodia, resulting in an trade of about 10 minutes earlier than the Tasi crew mentioned that the Cambodians requested a ceased fireplace.
The spokesman for the Cambodian military Mao Phalla confirmed the conflict on Wednesday, however mentioned that the Thai troopers had attacked the Cambodian troops who have been within the border patrol service within the province of the pre -northern preah Vihear.
“Our soldier died within the trenches. The Thais got here to assault us,” mentioned Mao Phalla.
