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Ongoing ceasefire receives support; doubts remain over possible border opening
Numerous foreign diplomats have congratulated positive developments in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, including the implementation of the current ceasefire, but the goal of reopening land borders for trade remains a hotly contested argument. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ongoing-ceasefire-receives-support-doubts-remain-over-possible-border-opening
Manet explains communication strategy, guarantees no ‘land swaps’ with Thailand
Following a period of reduced social media activity since the outbreak of the July 24 to 28 armed conflict with Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet has issued a statement answering people’s perceptions of his silence. ...
New standoff erupts over Thai border barricades, officials push for action via general border committee
Tensions over razor-wire barricades installed by Thai soldiers in disputed parts of Banteay Meanchey flared again on Thursday, as villagers from Chouk Chey in O’Biechoan commune confronted troops while blocked from their homes and farms. ...
Seoung Nimol and Lon Saoda
https://cambojanews.com/new-standoff-erupts-over-thai-border-barricades-officials-push-for-action-via-general-border-committee/
Manet asks UN secretary-general to encourage Thais to seek peace
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has urged UN Secretary-General António Guterres to encourage Thailand to refrain from using force to resolve border disputes, particularly in areas inhabited by civilians. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-asks-un-secretary-general-to-encourage-thais-to-seek-peace
Cambodian JBC slams Thai troops’ ‘unilateral land grab’
The Cambodian Joint Border Committee (JBC) has lodged a strong protest against what it described as repeated violations by the Thai military along the Cambodia–Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province earlier this week. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-jbc-slams-thai-troops-unilateral-land-grab-
Cambodia asks Thailand during JBC meeting to settle four disputed areas at ICJ
Cambodia asked Thailand to take their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during the Cambodian-Thai Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) meeting in Phnom Penh, while rejecting Thailand’s use of a unilateral map that Cambodia alleges is the “root of ongoing tensions”. Both sides ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-asks-thailand-during-jbc-meeting-to-settle-four-disputed-areas-at-icj/