Cambodia says it will seek a ruling from the United Nations 's International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand , which triggered a fatal military...

Cambodia’s government says it plans to seek a ruling from the U.N.’s International Court of Justice over violent border disputes with Thailand.

In this photo released by the Thai Royal Thai Army, Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan, left, meets with Thailand Chief of Army Gen.

Pana Claewplodtook, right, at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, May 29, 2025.

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, center, accompanied by Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet, right, arrives for a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 23, 2025.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia () — Cambodia said it plans to seek a ruling from the U.N.’s International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, one of which triggered a fatal military clash last week.

Cambodia’s National Assembly, where Prime Minister Hun Manet’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party holds all but a handful of seats, voted on Monday to support the government’s decision.

In 1962, the ICJ awarded to Cambodia the disputed territory on which a historic temple is located, rankled Thailand and to this day remains a major irritant in bilateral relations.

Speaking on Monday at a meeting of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said Cambodia has the right to file a case with the court, but that would not affect talks between the two countries under existing mechanisms He said Thai officials...

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, who is also defense minister, said in a post on Facebook that both countries are working to resolve the crisis by avoiding further confrontations and violence.

“I’d like to assure that we will avoid escalation of the conflict that would only result in losses for both sides in every aspect,” he wrote.

A border dispute near Morokot village, in Cambodia’s northwestern province of Preah Vihear, on May 28 left one Cambodian soldier dead.

It began when Cambodian troops were conducting a routine patrol along the border when the Thai side opened fire, according to Cambodian officials.

The Thai army says that Cambodian soldiers entered a disputed patch of land and opened fire when Thai soldiers approached them to negotiate.

Hun Manet in social media posts on Sunday declared that his government will ask the court to rule on the demarcation of several disputed areas, including where the centuries-old Hindu-style Ta Moan Thom, Ta Moan Toch and Ta Kro Bei temples are located.

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