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Thailand accuses Cambodia of planting new landmines at border after 3 soldiers injured
The patrolling soldiers were injured when they stepped on a mine within Thai territory, the foreign ministry said
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Thailand has accused Cambodia of planting new landmines on the Thai side of the shared border, in an escalation of a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries.
Three Thai soldiers were injured when they stepped on a landmine during a routine patrol along an established route within Thai territory on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late on Sunday.
The mines were not of a type used by Thailand and were recently laid in a “blatant violation of international law”, it said.
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“The Royal Thai Government condemns in the strongest terms the use of anti-personnel mines,” the ministry said.
It added that it planned to take action against Cambodia under the United Nations’ Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention as a state party while pursuing bilateral channels to resolve the ongoing dispute.
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“Thailand calls on Cambodia to cooperate on humanitarian demining efforts along the border of the two countries, as bilaterally agreed by both prime ministers.”
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