Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges Thailand and Cambodia to settle border dispute
- Last year, the dispute escalated into the deadliest fighting between the neighbours in more than a decade, leaving more than 100 military personnel and civilians dead and hundreds more injured.
- A ceasefire reached in December has largely held, but both sides continue to accuse each other of breaches.
- In his meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the sidelines of the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday, Xi said that resolving the conflict was in both Thailand and Cambodia’s “common and long-term interests”.
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- Last year, the dispute escalated into the deadliest fighting between the neighbours in more than a decade, leaving more than 100 military personnel and civilians dead and hundreds more injured.
- A ceasefire reached in December has largely held, but both sides continue to accuse each other of breaches.
- In his meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the sidelines of the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday, Xi said that resolving the conflict was in both Thailand and Cambodia’s “common and long-term interests”.
Sources: South China Morning Post