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Border meeting seeks to cool temple tempers

Written by Writer on Monday, October 6th, 2008

Border meeting seeks to cool temple tempers

Cambodian and Thai commanders met at their tense disputed border area Saturday amid accusations that each side had caused a border skirmish that left two Thai troops and one Cambodian soldier wounded.

The casualties occurred when units exchanged gun and rocket fire during a brief clash Friday near the Preah Vihear temple.

In an attempt to cool tensions Srey Dek, commander of Cambodian forces in the area, met with his Thai counterpart, Col Chayan Huaysoongnern, on Saturday afternoon at a Buddhist pagoda inside the disputed territory, said the Cambodian cabinet spokesman.

“The two sides called for the situation to return to normalcy,” Cambodian cabinet spokesman Phay Siphan told the AFP news agency reporter in Phnom Penh.

Bangkok Post

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