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Cambodia has raised considerations, submitting protests over the Thai navy’s continued infrastructure improvement alongside the border, urging them to chorus from unilateral exercise.
The International Affairs Ministry on April 19 mentioned that the Thai navy has been constructing and clearing land in a number of provincial border areas in Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey and Pursat provinces, with the purpose of asserting management over Cambodian soil.
Close to Preah Vihear temple, the Thai military has constructed an remark submit, whereas in Oddar Meanchey, a highway has been constructed shut to the current boundary pillar No. 2 in Deouem Ta Trav in Trapaing Prasat district.
The ministry mentioned Thai troops have additionally dug bunkers within the Chup Koki worldwide checkpoint in Banteay Ampil district and constructed an remark submit in Samroang metropolis’s Kon Kriel commune, and continued to clear land. Within the Thmar Daun space, the troops constructed a concrete walkway, bunkers and a highway.
In Pursat’s Veal Veng district, Thai troops used heavy equipment to clear extra land within the O’Plok Damrey space.
“These actions are in breach of Thailand’s personal dedication below the United Nations Constitution, ASEAN Constitution and Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia,” learn the assertion.
The ministry referred to as for resolving disputes peacefully, respecting territorial sovereignty, and refraining from using drive towards one other state.
“Cambodia rejects any try to discharacterise these actions as defensive,” it mentioned, urging Thailand to halt additional “unilateral actions” within the current areas or different areas.
Because the ceasefire in December which ended weeks of clashes alongside the shared border that killed over 100 folks and displaced practically 1,000,000 on each side, Phnom Penh has repeatedly referred to as out Thai forces for occupying Cambodian territory alongside the border zones. The federal government additionally pushed for dialogue with Thailand on the Joint Boundary Committee assembly, which Bangkok has postponed just a few occasions.
Presently, 1000’s of Cambodians from frontier villages stay displaced, with authorities constructing momentary housing for these affected.
In a press briefing at present (April 20), authorities spokesperson Pen Bona mentioned that Cambodia continues to carefully monitor the actions of the Thai forces in any respect the websites they illegally occupied because the ceasefire in December 2025.
“These formal protests are an obligation and vital in defending Cambodia’s territorial integrity, and particularly [serves] as a warning to the Thai facet that Cambodia is the rightful proprietor of these areas. Thailand can not occupy them,” Bona mentioned.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Tradition and Advantageous Arts issued a robust protest towards the “unlawful” and “forceful” occupation of the Thai armed forces over Cambodia’s cultural heritage websites comparable to Tamon Thom, Ta Krabey temple, Ok’nar temple, and others throughout the sovereign territory.
The protest letters comply with Thai media experiences that the Thai military opened Ta Krabey temple and Hill 350 to guests for Songkran from April 13 to 16, marking the primary entry to folks after the border clashes.
