The Thailand Army informed 20 killed, including 14 civilians, as well as several dozen injured.
The Ministry of Defense of Cambodia has given reports of 13 fatalities and over 70 victims. The authorities of this country appealed for immediate suspension of weapons, accusing Thailand of “intentional, unpired, illegal military attack.”
However, the Thai army believes that Cambodian forces carry out continuous fire using heavy weapons, field artillery and BM-21 rocket systems. According to Bangkok, Cambodia has committed “barbaric acts” over the past three days.
In the Thai provinces of Buri Ram, Surin, Sisaket and Ubon Ratchathani, the authorities ordered the evacuation of over 130 thousand. residents. Cambodia announced that she had evacuated over 35,000 from the areas of fights. people.
A conflict about the limits lasting over 100 years
The next edition of the conflict that has been over a century, which broke out on Thursday in the disputed areas on the border of the Surin province in Thailand and Uddar Meanchey in Cambodia, quickly turned from the exchange of fire from manual weapons into severe bombarding in at least six locations on a section of over 200 km.
The international community calls for immediate suspension of weapons. The United States, a longtime ally of Thailand, call for “immediate cessation of hostilities, protection of civilians and a peace solution.” The Prime Minister of Malaysia and the chairman of ASEAN, Anwar Ibrahim, talked to the leaders of both countries, encouraging to find a peaceful way out of the situation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand announced on Friday that it initially agrees to the Malaysian proposal to suspend weapons between Thai and Cambodian forces. At the same time, she emphasized that he would consider this plan, but it must be supported by “appropriate conditions in the field”, i.e. the de -escalation of the conflict on the part of Cambodia.
The border between the two countries remains closed. Appeals are addressed to tourists so that they do not go to the region, where armed clashes are ongoing.
