Bangkok .- Thailand and Cambodia canceled the talks were to begin today with the mediation of an envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), after three days of fighting in the border that have killed at least 11 dead. Foreign Minister of Indonesia and ASEAN envoy, Marty Natalegawa, now scheduled to begin peace negotiations as an intermediary, but suspended his trip at the last minute disagreements, Thai military sources.
The two countries have their troops on high alert after between Friday and Sunday, five soldiers and six Thai Cambodian soldiers were killed and some forty of the two armies were injured, while thousands of peasants had to be evacuated. These clashes were raging in the vicinity of the temple of Ta Kwai (Buffalo Eyes) was built during the splendor of the Khmer Empire in the twelfth century, and situated on the border strip that defines the province of Surin in northeastern Thailand, Manchey Oddar province, northern Cambodia.
The two countries accuse each other of having started the fire, while the Cambodian authorities say they have damaged shells Thai Khmer temple. This is the first fighting since February, when at least eight soldiers were killed near the Khmer temple of Preah Vihear, a hundred miles east.
February 22, Natalegawa, whose country holds the presidency of ASEAN, the contestants got to accept the presence of Indonesian observers around Preah Vihear, which has not yet been implemented. Faced with calls from the UN to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, the Thai authorities insist on a solution bilaterally, while Cambodia would prefer to do within the ASEAN and the UN.
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said in a televised speech Saturday that his government "is ready to provide full support for our military to defend the national territory." "We must not fall into the trap. Cambodia tries to bring the dispute to the international level, but should be resolved bilaterally and not through a third country," said the head of government.
The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia goes back to the withdrawal of France as a colonial power in Southeast Asia in the 50, leaving unresolved the boundaries between the two nations. 
The two countries have their troops on high alert after between Friday and Sunday, five soldiers and six Thai Cambodian soldiers were killed and some forty of the two armies were injured, while thousands of peasants had to be evacuated. These clashes were raging in the vicinity of the temple of Ta Kwai (Buffalo Eyes) was built during the splendor of the Khmer Empire in the twelfth century, and situated on the border strip that defines the province of Surin in northeastern Thailand, Manchey Oddar province, northern Cambodia.
The two countries accuse each other of having started the fire, while the Cambodian authorities say they have damaged shells Thai Khmer temple. This is the first fighting since February, when at least eight soldiers were killed near the Khmer temple of Preah Vihear, a hundred miles east.
February 22, Natalegawa, whose country holds the presidency of ASEAN, the contestants got to accept the presence of Indonesian observers around Preah Vihear, which has not yet been implemented. Faced with calls from the UN to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, the Thai authorities insist on a solution bilaterally, while Cambodia would prefer to do within the ASEAN and the UN.
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said in a televised speech Saturday that his government "is ready to provide full support for our military to defend the national territory." "We must not fall into the trap. Cambodia tries to bring the dispute to the international level, but should be resolved bilaterally and not through a third country," said the head of government.
The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia goes back to the withdrawal of France as a colonial power in Southeast Asia in the 50, leaving unresolved the boundaries between the two nations.
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