Cambodia and Thailand exchanged, early Sunday morning (Sunday), launching artillery attacks across the disputed border areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said that the leader of the two countries agreed to work on the ceasefire.
4 days after the outbreak of the fiercest fighting for more than a decade between the two neighbors in Southeast Asia, the death toll exceeded 30, most of them civilians. More than 130,000 people were evacuated from the border areas in the two countries.
The Cambodian Ministry of Defense said that Thailand bombed and launched land attacks this morning, on a number of points, including in an area adjacent to the coastal province of Trat in Thailand. The ministry spokesman said that heavy artillery opened fire on temples complexes.
For his part, the Thai army announced that Cambodia had shot several areas, including near civilian homes, early in the morning. The governor of Surin Province told Reuters that the area had been fired from artillery shells,; This caused damage to a house and some livestock.
In the province of the Thai Cisacket, Reuters correspondents heated bombing early this morning, and they said it was not clear on any side of the border the bombing.
Trump said yesterday that he had spoken to the Prime Minister of Thailand and Cambodia and was agreed to hold an immediate meeting to quickly reach the end of the fighting that broke out on Thursday. Bangkok and Vinombin exchange accusations of starting combat actions.
