PHNEM PENG: Cambodia accused Thailand on Friday of intensifying its bombardment of disputed border areas, even as officials from the two countries attend a multi-day meeting aimed at negotiating an end to deadly clashes.<\/p>\n
The neighbors\u2019 long-standing border conflict reignited this month, shattering an earlier truce and killing more than 40 people, according to official counts. Around a million people have also been displaced.<\/p>\n
Cambodian and Thai officials were in their third day of talks at a border checkpoint on Friday, with defense ministers from both countries scheduled to meet on Saturday.<\/p>\n
However, Cambodia\u2019s defense ministry said Thailand\u2019s military carried out a heavy bombardment of disputed border areas in Banteay Meanchey province Friday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom 6:08 am to 7:15 am, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets to drop as many as 40 bombs, to intensify its bombardment in the area of Chok Chey village,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Thai media said Friday that Cambodian forces had launched heavy attacks overnight along the border in Sa Kaeo province, where several homes were damaged by shelling.<\/p>\n
The two countries blame each other for instigating the fresh fighting, which has spread to nearly every province along their border.<\/p>\n
Both countries also claim to have acted in self-defense and accuse the other of attacking civilians.<\/p>\n
The United States, China and Malaysia brokered a truce to end five days of deadly clashes in July, but the ceasefire was short-lived.<\/p>\n
Earlier Friday, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Facebook that he had spoken by phone with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the two discussed \u201cways to secure a ceasefire along the Cambodia-Thailand border.\u201d<\/p>\n
The conflict stems from a territorial dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometer (500-mile) frontier and a collection of temple ruins situated there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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