(PHNOM PENH, April 22 Xinhua) - armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops is completed in the border area disputed Ta my Thom temple and temple of Ta Krabek in Oddar Meanchey province, said a commander military Cambodia Friday.
Clashes begins at 6: 00 Friday and ends to 10: 30 a. m., said Deputy brigade commander 42 Neak Vong, Ta my Thom Temple.
"The victims in the fighting have not been accounted yet," he told Xinhua by telephone.
On the Cambodian side accused Thai troops to open fire. "Cambodian troops just exercising legitimate rights and to protect our territory," said PICH Sokhin, Governor of the province of Oddar Meanchey of Cambodia.
The military confrontation reappeared just more than two months after the clash murderer from 4 to 7 February at the disputed side area of the temple of Preah Vihear, World Heritage Site.
The Indonesia, the current ASEAN Chair, has proposed to send observers to the area near the temple of Preah Vihear in dispute, and the United Nations and ASEAN have called on both sides to resolve the conflict through peaceful way.
Cambodia expressed its home. But the meetings held earlier this month Indonesia failed to resolve the situation
The border between Cambodia and the Thailand was never completely enclosed and the issue of the temple of Preah Vihear was a centuries-old conflict.
Temple of Preah Vihear of Cambodia was enlisted as a World Heritage Site, July 7, 2008. A week after enrolment, in Cambodia and the Thailand were border conflict by Thai claim of ownership of 4.6 square kilometres of Bush next to the temple, triggering an escalation military along the border, and periodic clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers resulted in the death of troops from both sides.
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