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Cambodia connected Monday has said it would halt importing Thai fruits and vegetables if Thailand refused to assistance borderline restrictions imposed pursuing a deadly clash successful 1 of the disputed areas betwixt the 2 countries
BySOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia connected Monday said it would halt importing Thai fruits and vegetables if Thailand refused to assistance borderline restrictions imposed pursuing a deadly clash successful 1 of the disputed areas betwixt the 2 countries.
An equipped confrontation astatine the borderline connected May 28 left 1 Cambodian worker dead. The incident, which each broadside blamed connected the other, reportedly took spot successful a comparatively tiny “no man’s land” on their borderline that some countries assertion arsenic their own.
Cambodian and Thai authorities person engaged successful saber-rattling since past week, and proceed to instrumentality oregon endanger measures abbreviated of equipped force, keeping tensions high. Thailand has added restrictions astatine borderline crossings, and Cambodia has banned Thai movies and TV shows and implemented a boycott of the neighboring country’s planetary net links.
Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, the erstwhile premier minister, said successful a televised code Monday that the prohibition connected Thai fruits and vegetables would instrumentality effect if Thailand doesn’t assistance the borderline restrictions by Tuesday.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra aboriginal said Thailand decided to enforce the borderline restrictions retired of information concerns for the citizens of some countries owed to the heavier beingness of equipped forces on the areas. She besides said immoderate “unprofessional communication” that was conveyed extracurricular a bilateral mechanics would lone wounded the interests of some sides.
Officials of the 2 countries met implicit the play successful Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, connected the conflicting territorial claims that led to past month’s deadly confrontation. While some sides said the gathering was held successful a bully atmosphere, it appears nary large breakthrough was achieved to resoluteness the existent spat.
Cambodia connected Sunday said it has officially submitted a petition to the U.N.’s International Court of Justice, seeking a solution to the ongoing borderline disputes with Thailand successful 4 areas. The Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Border Affairs said aft the play meetings concluded that Cambodia would nary longer sermon these areas nether the bilateral mechanics of the 2 countries.
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday that it was profoundly disappointed that Cambodia refused to code the disputes done the existing mechanics and reiterated that Thailand does not judge the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
Both nevertheless agreed to enactment successful the adjacent circular of meetings connected borderline issues to beryllium hosted by Thailand successful September.
Much of their warfare of words has appeared intended to mollify nationalistic critics connected some sides of the border. In Thailand, the elected authorities of Prime Minister Paetongtarn has been attacked by right-wing nationalists who are longtime foes of her father, erstwhile Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
There is simply a agelong past to the territorial disputes betwixt the 2 countries. Thailand is inactive rankled by a 1962 ICJ ruling that awarded Cambodia the disputed territory wherever the historic Preah Vihear temple stands. There were sporadic though superior clashes determination successful 2011. The ruling was reaffirmed successful 2013.
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Associated Press writer Jintamas Saksornchai successful Bangkok contributed to this report.
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