Cambodian-Thai troops exchanged gunfire today along the common border for a fourth day, when diplomatic exit was obstructed by the cancellation of talks sponsored by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The exchange of gunfire and shells today at the temple of Ta Muen and so far not resulted in casualties to be added to the eleven people killed since Friday.
The official list of Thailand is five soldiers dead and 35 injured and about 40,000 displaced because of domestic violence, and Cambodia is in six military deaths and 10,000 evacuees. While the armies of both countries, reinforced roadblocks and heavy artillery during the weekend, they opened fire, Thai ministers of Interior, Chavarat Charnnukul and Foreign Kasit Piromya separately toured shelters to provide confidence and security people in the conflict zone.
Then, the Thai foreign minister was to have been met in Bangkok with his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, in the mediation undertaken by the ASEAN since February to address this focus destabilizing the region. But the trip Natalegawa, who also had planned to pass through Phnom Penh, was canceled at the last minute.
A spokesman for the Thai Foreign confirmed the suspension without providing details, while the Cambodian diplomacy Thailand blamed the cancellation on his opposition to Indonesia as the country holding this year the presidency of ASEAN, deploy observers in the area conflict. Currently there is another perspective of dialogue between both sides that offered the meeting of heads of State and Government of ASEAN held in Jakarta on 7 and 8 May.
"We need to solve the border conflict and that Thailand and Cambodia we sit down to negotiate, today reassured the Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters in Bangkok. But Thailand want the dialogue to be bilateral, while Cambodia is suspicious and requires the presence of international witnesses.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said during the weekend that this conflict can not be solved by military means and urged Cambodia and Thailand to take a "serious dialogue." The secretary general of the multinational organization urged the two governments to take immediate measures to conclude a cease-fire effective and verifiable.
" The incidents of recent days have been recorded in the temples of Ta Kwai (XII century), located in an area of lush vegetation, and Ta Muen (twelfth century or the beginning of XIII), Legacies of the Khmer civilization and that are located on or around dumps as Thailand and Cambodia claim sovereignty.
Early last February, the clashes left eight dead, half of them civilians, and happened near the ruins of the sanctuary of Preah Vihear (XI century), about a hundred miles east of Ta and Ta Kwai Muen and declared heritage of mankind. It was precisely the inscription as World Heritage site of Preah Vihear in Cambodia's fault that the old conflict gained momentum in 2008.
Thailand supports the building complex is in Cambodian territory, as the Court ruled in The Hague in 1962, but claims an area of 4.6 square kilometers located in the vicinity of recite. The governments of both countries signed in 2000 a memorandum of understanding and, as members of ASEAN are committed to resolve their conflicts through dialogue. 
The official list of Thailand is five soldiers dead and 35 injured and about 40,000 displaced because of domestic violence, and Cambodia is in six military deaths and 10,000 evacuees. While the armies of both countries, reinforced roadblocks and heavy artillery during the weekend, they opened fire, Thai ministers of Interior, Chavarat Charnnukul and Foreign Kasit Piromya separately toured shelters to provide confidence and security people in the conflict zone.
Then, the Thai foreign minister was to have been met in Bangkok with his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, in the mediation undertaken by the ASEAN since February to address this focus destabilizing the region. But the trip Natalegawa, who also had planned to pass through Phnom Penh, was canceled at the last minute.
A spokesman for the Thai Foreign confirmed the suspension without providing details, while the Cambodian diplomacy Thailand blamed the cancellation on his opposition to Indonesia as the country holding this year the presidency of ASEAN, deploy observers in the area conflict. Currently there is another perspective of dialogue between both sides that offered the meeting of heads of State and Government of ASEAN held in Jakarta on 7 and 8 May.
"We need to solve the border conflict and that Thailand and Cambodia we sit down to negotiate, today reassured the Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters in Bangkok. But Thailand want the dialogue to be bilateral, while Cambodia is suspicious and requires the presence of international witnesses.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said during the weekend that this conflict can not be solved by military means and urged Cambodia and Thailand to take a "serious dialogue." The secretary general of the multinational organization urged the two governments to take immediate measures to conclude a cease-fire effective and verifiable.
" The incidents of recent days have been recorded in the temples of Ta Kwai (XII century), located in an area of lush vegetation, and Ta Muen (twelfth century or the beginning of XIII), Legacies of the Khmer civilization and that are located on or around dumps as Thailand and Cambodia claim sovereignty.
Early last February, the clashes left eight dead, half of them civilians, and happened near the ruins of the sanctuary of Preah Vihear (XI century), about a hundred miles east of Ta and Ta Kwai Muen and declared heritage of mankind. It was precisely the inscription as World Heritage site of Preah Vihear in Cambodia's fault that the old conflict gained momentum in 2008.
Thailand supports the building complex is in Cambodian territory, as the Court ruled in The Hague in 1962, but claims an area of 4.6 square kilometers located in the vicinity of recite. The governments of both countries signed in 2000 a memorandum of understanding and, as members of ASEAN are committed to resolve their conflicts through dialogue.
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