An indication for the Ministry of International Affairs is displayed outdoors Authorities Complicated Seoul. Yonhap
South Korea on Tuesday urged Cambodia and Thailand to carry talks to resolve escalating border clashes, welcoming efforts by neighboring nations to ease tensions.
“We recognize ASEAN’s efforts to de-escalate tensions and search a peaceable decision to the scenario,” overseas ministry spokesperson Park Il stated in a commentary.
“The South Korean authorities urges Cambodia and Thailand to resolve the scenario peacefully by dialogue on the earliest date potential,” he stated.
Park added that Seoul welcomes the convening of the particular overseas ministers’ assembly among the many 11-member Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which each Cambodia and Thailand are members, to handle the scenario.
Bangkok and Phnom Penh have engaged in army clashes alongside their land border for a 3rd week, up to now leading to not less than 80 deaths, after truce talks collapsed.
The 2 nations agreed at Monday’s assembly of ASEAN’s high diplomats to carry talks between their protection officers on resuming the ceasefire.
Thailand and Cambodia have clashed over their shared land border, a dispute that continues to be unresolved because of competing territorial claims relationship again to the French colonial period. (Yonhap)
