Thai .- Thousands of civilians fled the border with Cambodia following the resumption of fighting between soldiers of both countries near the disputed temple of Preah Vihear, an official said Friday. The governor of the province of Si Sa Ket, Suwansujalit Somsak said that 15 thousand people have fled the area since Friday night began the fighting, which so far have resulted in five dead and thirty injured, some of them civilians.
Both sides accuse each other of starting the hostilities, and Cambodia said Thai shells have damaged part of the religious complex. For the fourth consecutive day, the fighting resumed this morning at the common border after a halt at midnight, confirmed by spokesmen for the two governments.
Sunday's clashes occurred despite a ceasefire agreed between both parties after the first skirmishes that caused five deaths and increased the tension in Preah Vihear. The Thai Prime Minister Abhasit Vejjajiva on Sunday defended his government's performance with Cambodia in response to pressure from nationalist alliance of the "yellow shirts", demanding his resignation over the territorial dispute.
For its part, the Cambodian leader, Hun Sen sent a letter to the Security Council of United Nations protesting the "flagrant aggression" of Thailand. The "yellow shirts, which until now had supported the Democratic Party Abhisit, nearly two weeks have camped outside the headquarters of the executive to demand more harshly with Cambodia on border dispute.
Thailand revokes require a memorandum of understanding to define the step reached in 2000, breaking its ties with UNESCO on the grounds that the territory belongs to the neighboring country and eject the "hot zone" to all Cambodian soldiers. Both countries trail the conflict since the summer of 2008 when the UN agency recognized Preah Vihear, an eleventh-century Khmer temple as a World Heritage Site in Cambodia.
Thailand admits it, but claims an area of 6.4 square kilometers located in the vicinity not included in the decision of the International Tribunal in The Hague which ruled the area of Cambodian sovereignty. The crisis concerns the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), now president of Indonesia.
Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, today is scheduled to visit Cambodia and Thailand tomorrow to find a peaceful solution to the conflict between two regional bloc's member countries. ASEAN issued a statement weekend in which he emphasized that the situation in Preah Vihear "must be under control and the two countries should come back when before the table of dialogue." 
Both sides accuse each other of starting the hostilities, and Cambodia said Thai shells have damaged part of the religious complex. For the fourth consecutive day, the fighting resumed this morning at the common border after a halt at midnight, confirmed by spokesmen for the two governments.
Sunday's clashes occurred despite a ceasefire agreed between both parties after the first skirmishes that caused five deaths and increased the tension in Preah Vihear. The Thai Prime Minister Abhasit Vejjajiva on Sunday defended his government's performance with Cambodia in response to pressure from nationalist alliance of the "yellow shirts", demanding his resignation over the territorial dispute.
For its part, the Cambodian leader, Hun Sen sent a letter to the Security Council of United Nations protesting the "flagrant aggression" of Thailand. The "yellow shirts, which until now had supported the Democratic Party Abhisit, nearly two weeks have camped outside the headquarters of the executive to demand more harshly with Cambodia on border dispute.
Thailand revokes require a memorandum of understanding to define the step reached in 2000, breaking its ties with UNESCO on the grounds that the territory belongs to the neighboring country and eject the "hot zone" to all Cambodian soldiers. Both countries trail the conflict since the summer of 2008 when the UN agency recognized Preah Vihear, an eleventh-century Khmer temple as a World Heritage Site in Cambodia.
Thailand admits it, but claims an area of 6.4 square kilometers located in the vicinity not included in the decision of the International Tribunal in The Hague which ruled the area of Cambodian sovereignty. The crisis concerns the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), now president of Indonesia.
Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, today is scheduled to visit Cambodia and Thailand tomorrow to find a peaceful solution to the conflict between two regional bloc's member countries. ASEAN issued a statement weekend in which he emphasized that the situation in Preah Vihear "must be under control and the two countries should come back when before the table of dialogue."
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