Thailand and Cambodia to hold peace talks after more border clashes

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Thailand and Cambodia leaders will meet in Malaysia on Monday for peace talks, as countries continue to clash for the fourth day in a deadly border dispute.

At least 34 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced as countries, both popular tourist destinations, fight the amazing talk of competing border temples.

Bangkok announced on Sunday that Acting Prime Minister Phamtam Vachiachai and Cambodian Prime Minister Han Moniet Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim will meet for mediation talks, leading the ASEAN regional block, including Thailand and Cambodia.

Anwar said the expected dialogue was to focus on ceasefire between the two fighting neighbors.

“They (government representatives from Cambodia and Thailand) have asked me to try and negotiate peace,” the Bernama National News Agency quoted Anwar at the end of Sunday.

“I am discussing the parameters, the situation, but what is important is (a) an immediate ceasefire,” said Malaysian Premier.

Cambodia has not commented on the planned negotiations, which will begin at 3pm.

US President Donald Trump, who spoke to the two leaders in the weekend, said he had agreed to “working quickly” with the ceasefire.

Trump has threatened both countries with eye -giving levies in their global tariff bullets unless they are pleased with free trade deals.

“When everything happens, and peace is closer, I’m looking forward to eliminating my trade agreements with both!” He wrote on social media.

Fresh artillery clashes began on Sunday morning in the border between northern Cambodia and northeastern Thailand.

‘Didn’t feel safe’

Thai forces began attacking areas around the temples at 4:50 am, said Malay Solata, a spokesman for the Ministry of Cambodian Defense Ministry.

“We arrived this morning to leave the house this morning,” said Mespah, a 61 -year -old Thai border resident, in the back of a truck at a petrol station in Srin Province, saying.

“All my neighbors have already gone, and we did not feel safe to stay more,” he said.

Article artillery windows in the Cambodian town of Cambodian, about 20 km from the front line, shook the windows, AFP journalists said.

Thai Army Deputy spokesman Rita Sukovan said Cambodian forces launched artillery firing around 4am when both sides fought to control the strategic positions.

With a dispute over nationalist sentiment, Thailand issued a warning to its own citizens to “avoid any kind of violence, whether in a speech or action” against Cambodian immigrants living in the country.

Seas Fire Calls

On Sunday, Cambodia’s Hun Moniet said his country “agrees with an immediate and unconditional ceasefire proposal between the two armed forces”.

After Trump’s call, Patamham said he had in principle agreed to enter the ceasefire and start talks.

But on Sunday, each party blamed each other once again to reduce peace efforts.

The Thai Foreign Ministry accused Cambodian forces of firing shells in civilian homes in Sarin Province.

The ministry said, “There is no end to the hostility, while Cambodia has a severe decline with good faith.”

Meanwhile, Cambodia’s Ministry of Defense Ministry spokesman Male Sochata denied that his forces first dismissed and accused Thailand of “deliberately and integrated operations of aggression.”

On Thursday, the rural border broke out in a fight with jets, tanks and ground soldiers fighting jets, tanks and ground troops, with a peak of hills surrounded by wild forest and agricultural land where locals cultivate rubber and rice.

Thailand says eight of its soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, while Cambodia has confirmed eight civilians and five military deaths.

The conflict has forced more than 138,000 people from Thailand’s border areas, and 80,000 have been run from their homes in Cambodia.

The Cambodian government has also accused Thai troops of using cluster weapons, while Bangkok has accused Nam Pina of targeting hospitals.