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Fresh warning for Australian travelers in the midst of ‘deep concern’ over Thailand-Cambodia Clash
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Fresh warning for Australian travelers in the midst of ‘deep concern’ over Thailand-Cambodia Clash

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Australia is “deeply worried” by escalating tensions about the Thai-Cambodian border, said Foreign Minister Penny Wong, while they encouraged travelers to reconsider visiting certain areas.
A Thai F-16 fighter jet has bombed goals in Cambodia, after artillery fire has killed at least 11 civilians from both sides.
“Australia is deeply concerned by escalating tensions to the Thais-Cambodian border, including reports of injuries and loss of life,” said Wong on X on Friday on X.

“We urge both parties to release and resolve edge problems peacefully.”

Travel advice for Thailand and Cambodia

From Friday, Smartraveller Australians advised their need to travel to the Thai border areas of Buriram, Si Saket, Surin and Ubon Ratchathani provinces near the Cambodian border due to the armed conflict in the area.
This includes “reports of military strikes, violence and landmines,” says the advice.
“Follow the advice of the local authorities, check local media for updates and pay attention to your personal security. Border crossings along the Thai-Cambodian border will remain closed in the short term.”

Smartraveller continues to advise travelers to exercise a high degree of caution when they generally travel to Thailand.

In Cambodia, Australians are encouraged to travel to the border areas of the northern and north -western provinces of Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey, while in general they exercise normal safety measures.

Border Clashes: What we know so far

Both countries accused each other from the beginning of Thursday, starting the collision, which quickly escalated from handfire fire to heavy shelling at at least six locations along the border.
Thailand positioned six F-16 fighter jets in an unusual combat deployment, one of which was mobilized to hit a Cambodian military target-under the Ministry of Measures Cambodia, called “reckless and brutal military aggression”.
Thailand’s army said that the use of the air force was to stop with precision.
Thailand said there had been 12 fatalities in three Thai provinces, 11 of them citizens, including an eight -year -old boy. Authorities said 31 people were injured on Thursday.

The number of Cambodian victims was unclear.

Thai people who flee collisions between Thai and Cambodian soldiers who are sheltered in the province of Surin in northeastern Thailand. Source: MONKEY / AP/Sunny Chittawil

“We condemn this – the use of heavy weapons without a clear target, outside of conflict zones … the use of violence and did not comply with international law,” the acting prime minister of Thailand Phumtham Wechayachai told reporters.

“We continue to work for peaceful means and there should be discussions, but what happened was a provocation and we had to defend ourselves.”
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The two countries have been braced for conflicts since the killing of a Cambodian soldier at the end of May during a short skirmish, with troops on both sides of the border strengthened.

The recent escalation – the worst fights between countries in 13 years – came after Thailand remembered his ambassador in Phnom Penh and drove the envoy of Cambodia. This was a response to a second Thai soldier who lost a limb of a land mine that Bangkok claimed to have recently been laid by rival troops in the disputed area – an accusation Cambodia called Unfinterior.

A decades of border conflicts

Thailand and Cambodia have disputed the jurisdiction of various non -set points along their 817 km country border.

Owned by the old Hindu temples Ta Moan Thom and the Preah Vihear are central to the disputes.

A large building that reads "Royal Thai Embassy".

The collisions came after Thailand remembered his ambassador in Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would dispel the envoy of Cambodia in Bangkok. Source: MONKEY / Electr/sords

Preah Vihear was assigned to Cambodia by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1962, but the tensions escalated in 2008 after Cambodia tried to mention it as a UNESCO world heritage site.

This led to skirmishes for several years and at least a dozen killing.

In June, Cambodia said it had asked the ICJ to resolve his disputes with Thailand. However, Thailand says that it has never recognized the jurisdiction of the court and gives a bilateral approach.

How other countries have responded

In the region, the Philippines and Vietnam called for restraint and China expressed the willingness to help promote de-escalation.
The United States, a long -term ally of Thailand, called for an immediate end of the hostilities.
“We are seriously concerned about the escalating violence along the border between Thailand-Cambodia, and deeply saddened by reports of damage to citizens,” said the deputy spokesperson for the US Department of Foreign Affairs, Tommy Pigott, a regular newslettering.
“The United States insist on the immediate termination of hostilities, protection of citizens and a peaceful solution to the conflict.”
With additional reporting by the Reuters news agency.

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