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2008-07-20
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia says it has sent a note to the UN Security Council alleging that Thai forces have intruded into its territory near an ancient temple recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith says Cambodia's mission in New York has submitted a letter to the chairman of the Security Council and the chairman of the General Assembly to «draw their attention to the current situation on the Cambodian-Thai border.
He said Sunday that Cambodia was not asking for U.N. intervention and hoped to solve the territorial dispute peacefully.
Hundreds of troops from the two countries massed in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple for which Cambodia was granted World Heritage Site status earlier this month.
The two countries are to hold talks Monday.
2008-07-20
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia says it has sent a note to the UN Security Council alleging that Thai forces have intruded into its territory near an ancient temple recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith says Cambodia's mission in New York has submitted a letter to the chairman of the Security Council and the chairman of the General Assembly to «draw their attention to the current situation on the Cambodian-Thai border.
He said Sunday that Cambodia was not asking for U.N. intervention and hoped to solve the territorial dispute peacefully.
Hundreds of troops from the two countries massed in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple for which Cambodia was granted World Heritage Site status earlier this month.
The two countries are to hold talks Monday.
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