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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK, July 25 (Xinhua) — Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday accused each other of escalating tensions in border areas, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet called on the United Nations Security Council to urgently convene a meeting to discuss the issue.
In a letter to Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, whose country holds the presidency of the Security Council in July, the prime minister said that Thai armed forces had been attacking Cambodian positions since Thursday morning. These attacks violated the fundamental principles of international law, he stressed.
Cambodia calls on Thailand to immediately cease all hostilities, withdraw troops crossing the border and refrain from any further provocations that could escalate the situation, Hun Manet said.
The Thai government, in turn, called on Cambodia to take responsibility for these incidents, put an end to attacks on civilian and military targets and stop all actions that violate Thailand's sovereignty, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In case of refusal, Bangkok is ready to strengthen self-defense measures in accordance with international law and relevant principles, the department emphasized.
The Thai embassy in Cambodia has urged its citizens to leave the neighboring country. –0–
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