Thai-Cambodia clashes:
UN Security Council meets
UN: The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting Monday on
border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia with the foreign ministers
from the two nations, diplomats said.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, Cambodia's Hor Namhong and
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, who has been trying to
mediate in the dispute, are expected to speak to the council, diplomats
said.
A spokesman for the Brazilian mission, which holds the Security
Council presidency for February, said Monday's meeting would be behind
closed doors.
Thailand and Cambodia have blamed each other for the clashes around
the ancient temple of Preah Vihear, which have left at least eight dead
in the past week.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen sought an urgent Security Council
meeting and called for a UN buffer force to be put in place.
Thailand has said the dispute should sorted out between the two
countries.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke with the prime ministers of
Thailand and Cambodia on Tuesday again offered new UN help to negotiate
a peace deal. UNITED NATIONS, Friday, AFP
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