Chavanont Intarakomalyasut told Xinhua on the phone that there was a possibility that the bilateral talks will continue. Also, Thailand and Cambodia may seperately meet on the sidelines of a planed UN Security Council meeting on Monday in New York.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will fly to New York on Monday for a meeting with Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Marty Natalegawa, Indonesean Foreign Minister as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he said.
He said the three foreign ministers would then explain the Thai- Cambodian border conflict to the secretary-general of the United Nations.
"[The meeting] is for each other to share information about the conflict and Thai representative will provide information so that [the UN Security Council] will understand the situation," Chavanont said.
Natalegawa, in his capacity as ASEAN chairman, called on Kasit in Bangkok on Tuesday after meeting Hor Namhong in Cambodia on Monday.
The ASEAN chairman said ASEAN would support the two countries in holding talks to solve their problems through bilateral mechanisms.
Also in a related development, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, on Tuesday expressed an intention to send a mission to assess the state of the Preah Vihear Temple, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. She also called on both sides to be restrained over the disputed border issue.
Crossfire between Thai and Cambodian soldiers broke out at a border point in Thailand`s northeastern Si Sa Ket province last Friday, with the latest round of fire exchange reported on Monday` s morning.(*)
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