Thailand and Cambodia agreed Saturday on a cease-fire after clashes that killed at least three deaths at the border. But the situation remains tense, and after fighting with heavy weapons for about two hours Friday, the exchange of gunfire took place again at dawn on Saturday for about thirty minutes, always near a disputed temple by the two countries.
Clashes also objected on the night of Friday 4th to Saturday, February 5 Thai and Cambodian soldiers on the border between the two countries, leaving one dead and four wounded in the ranks of Thailand. Bangkok and Phnom Penh dispute the sovereignty of a portion of a 4.6 km2 area around an eleventh century temple called Preah Vihear by Cambodians and Khao Phra Viharn by Thais.
The spokesman of the Thai army, Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said that automatic gunfire and rockets had resumed Saturday morning around 6:15 (11:15 p.m. GMT Friday) and lasted nearly half an hour. He accused the Cambodian forces have taken the initiative to resume fighting but said he was optimistic about reaching an agreement to end the clashes.
Friday's clashes had lasted two hours. Three Cambodians - two soldiers and a tourist - and a Thai farmer had been killed. Ten Cambodian soldiers were also injured, said the government in Phnom Penh. The last serious incident in this region occurred on 31 January 2010, when a Thai soldier was killed.
The Thai Foreign Ministry has accused Cambodia of conduct "an aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Thailand." The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have called for calm and asked both parties to open negotiations. Bangkok said that 3,000 civilians had been evacuated from the area during the fighting on Friday.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded in 1962 this sector in Cambodia, but his arrest has not committed to returning a bush area near the ruins. These incidents come just days after the announcement of the sentence of eight and six years in jail in Cambodia for two Thai nationalists accused of espionage in the border region. 
Clashes also objected on the night of Friday 4th to Saturday, February 5 Thai and Cambodian soldiers on the border between the two countries, leaving one dead and four wounded in the ranks of Thailand. Bangkok and Phnom Penh dispute the sovereignty of a portion of a 4.6 km2 area around an eleventh century temple called Preah Vihear by Cambodians and Khao Phra Viharn by Thais.
The spokesman of the Thai army, Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said that automatic gunfire and rockets had resumed Saturday morning around 6:15 (11:15 p.m. GMT Friday) and lasted nearly half an hour. He accused the Cambodian forces have taken the initiative to resume fighting but said he was optimistic about reaching an agreement to end the clashes.
Friday's clashes had lasted two hours. Three Cambodians - two soldiers and a tourist - and a Thai farmer had been killed. Ten Cambodian soldiers were also injured, said the government in Phnom Penh. The last serious incident in this region occurred on 31 January 2010, when a Thai soldier was killed.
The Thai Foreign Ministry has accused Cambodia of conduct "an aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Thailand." The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have called for calm and asked both parties to open negotiations. Bangkok said that 3,000 civilians had been evacuated from the area during the fighting on Friday.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded in 1962 this sector in Cambodia, but his arrest has not committed to returning a bush area near the ruins. These incidents come just days after the announcement of the sentence of eight and six years in jail in Cambodia for two Thai nationalists accused of espionage in the border region.
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