The fighting enters the Thai border on the third day, where Malaysia urges the ceasefire

The fighting on the Thai border extended on a third day, and new flash points appeared on Saturday, when the two sides said that they acted in self -defense in the border conflict and called on the other to stop the fighting and start negotiations.

More than 30 people and marina have been killed more than 130,000 people in the worst fighting between Southeast Asian neighbors in 13 years.

The two sides said that there were clashes early on Saturday, in the Thai coastal province adjacent to Pursat in Cambodia early, a new front, more than 100 km from other conflict points along the long -term border.

Since the killing of a Cambodian soldier in late May, the two countries have been killed during a short Manna. The forces were strengthened on both sides of the border amid a complete diplomatic crisis that brought the fragile Thailand alliance government to the brink of collapse.

As of Saturday, Thailand said seven soldiers and 13 civilians were killed in the clashes, while in Cambodia, five soldiers and eight civilians were killed.

In the Thai border district of Cisacket, a university complex was converted into temporary accommodations, where a volunteer said more than 5,000 people resided.

Samrung Khamdwang said she had left her farm, about 10 kilometers from the border, when the fighting erupted on Thursday. The husband of the 51 -year -old remained behind livestock.

“We are afraid of the sound of artillery,” she said. “But my husband stayed again and now we lost contact. I couldn’t contact him. I don’t know what is happening there.”

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, head of the Asian Regional Bloc, said he will continue to pay a ceasefire proposal. Cambodia supported Anwar’s plan, while Thailand said she agreed with her in principle.

“There is still some fire exchange,” Anwar said, according to government news agency. He said that he asked the Foreign Minister to “communicate with the relevant foreign ministries, and if possible, I will continue to deal with them myself – at least to stop the fighting.”

Thailand, Cambodia commercial accusations

Thailand’s Ambassador to the United Nations told a security meeting on Friday that the soldiers were injured by the newly-planted land mines in the Thai region on two occasions since mid-July-claiming that Cambodia had severely refused-and said that Cambodia launched attacks on Thursday morning.

“Thailand Cambodia urges immediately to stop all hostilities and aggression works, and the dialogue has resumed good faith,” Cherdchai Chaivaivid told the council in the notes issued to the media.

The Cambodia Ministry of Defense said that Thailand launched a “deliberate, indifferent and illegal military attack” and the mobilization of military forces and equipment was on the border.

“These deliberate military preparations reveal the intention of Thailand to expand its aggression and increase the violation of the sovereignty of Cambodia,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Cambodia called on the international community to “condemn the aggression of Thailand with the strongest terms” and to prevent expansion of its military activities, while Bangkok repeated that he wanted to resolve the conflict bilaterally.

Thailand and Cambodia quarreled for decades due to the jurisdiction of various unrestricted points along their wild borders with an area of 817 km, with the ownership of the ancient Hindu temples Ta Ayen garlic and the central prehish vihear in the eleventh century.

Preah Vihear was granted to Cambodia by the International Court of Justice in 1962, but tension escalated in 2008 after Cambodia tried to include it as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This has led to skirmishes over several years and at least dozens.

Cambodia said in June that she had asked the court to resolve her disputes with Thailand, which she said has never recognized the court’s jurisdiction and prefers a bilateral approach.