Thailand, Cambodia declare ceasefire
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Top diplomats of China, Cambodia and Thailand meet as Beijing seeks a stronger role in dispute
Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand convened with their Chinese counterpart on Monday as the Beijing government, building on its expanding presence in global diplomacy, sought to play a stronger mediating role in the violent border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.
A renewed ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia over border clashes passed the 72-hour mark on Tuesday, an initial goal the countries set to secure a more lasting peace, but Bangkok said it had delayed the release of 18 Cambodian soldiers due to alleged breaches of the deal.
Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said that Thailand deployed F-16 fighter jets to drop about 40 bombs on a village in the northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey.
Video released by Cambodia’s Education Ministry shows schoolchildren and villagers fleeing in panic as explosions are heard near a primary school in Battambang province during alleged Thai airstrikes.
BANGKOK: Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Seiha has denied that Cambodia breached ceasefire conditions by sending multiple drones into Thai territory, according to Thailand's Joint Press Centre on the Thai–Cambodian Border Situation.
A loaded Thai oil tanker with an illegal Myanmar and Cambodian crew has been seized in the Gulf of Thailand on suspicion of smuggling strategic supplies to Cambodia, the Royal Thai Navy spokesman said.
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