Preah Vihear temple hostilities over : Thai and Khmer army chiefs

Tue, August 25, 2009

By Rasmei Kampuchea/Asia News Network, Deutsche Presse Agentur

Phnom Penh - Cambodian and Thai armed forces chiefs said 13 months of sometimes-fatal hostilities around the ancient Preah Vihear temple are at an end.Military top brass of Thailand and Cambodia meet in Phnom Penh on Monday.

After the meeting, Thai Supreme Commander Gen Songkitti Jaggabatra said the dispute would no longer be allowed to damage relations between the two kingdoms."I would like to clarify again that there will be no more problems between Thailand and Cambodia.

The border will not be the cause of any further disputes," he said. Click to read more...