Thailand and Cambodia agree joint border patrols
Thai and Cambodian military officials have agreed to conduct joint military patrols
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Thursday, 16, Oct 2008 10:53
Thai and Cambodian military officials have agreed to conduct joint military patrols along a stretch of their disputed border, a Thai general has told reporters.
After crisis talks following the death of two Cambodian soldiers, Thai regional commander General Wiboonsak Neeparn said that both countries had agreed to keep their troops near the heavily-disputed Preah Vihear temple.
Earlier this week, Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged gunfire near the temple, which both countries lay claim to.
UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon earlier said he was "deeply concerned" by the violence.
Tensions have been running high between the nations since July when hundreds of troops engaged in a stand off just metres apart.
In 1962 the International Court of Justice awarded the 1.8 square miles patch of region to Cambodia, a decision which upset Thailand and the nation has disputed ever since.