Thailand to Begin Military Exercise Today

Thailand to Begin Military Exercise Today

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By: Dap-News
Thai soldiers are to exercise today in Sisaket province bordering Cambodia’s Preah Vihear and Oddor Meanchey province. However, no official report confirmed the number of Thai soldiers involved.
The Thai soldiers’ exercise comes following Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s first visit to the border areas. Hun Sen warned during his visit that any exercise must involve firing into Cam-bodian territory. Previous Thai exercises saw bullets in Cambodian land three times because of “technical matters.”
Several soldier commanders at the border could not be reached for comment related to the Thai exercise.
On Tuesday, as the PM Hun Sen blasted the Thai government; Thai soldiers in Zone 2 and Zone 4 near Preah Vihear temple allegedly declared their desire to invade the 4.6 square kilometers they say is disputed territory.
The Thai troops made a declaration boasting that they want to fight to take the area, zoned as Thai territory only on the Thai’s own unilateral map. The information was reported by a Cam-bodian troop source stationed in the Veal Entry area on February 9. The sourced claimed that the Thai troops made their declaration after Hun Sen’s 3-day visit to the border zone.
However, the situation at the border is normal, but the source at the border said that Cambodian soldiers station at the border are ready to fight if Thai forces cross illegally into Cambodian land.