Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia gather to praise ceasefire with Thailand and mourn the dead
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AP) – Hundreds of Buddhist priests in Cambodia on Friday held a religious ceremony to honor the killed soldiers LAST BORDER CONFLICTS To pray for the Thai forces and for peace.
From the main religious school near the royal palace in the country’s capital Phnom Penh, nuns, non -professions and women walked to a nearby temple.
The priests mentioned and prayed to honor the souls of the dead soldiers.
A wood in the temple exhibited photographs of more than 40 men in uniforms. It was not clear whether these images were killed or there were soldiers who were injured and involved.
Cambodia confessed to the death of only six soldiers in the fight that began at the end of last month and continued for five days.
Dozens of people on both sides, including civilians, are fighting and 260,000 displaced On both sides of the border.
A ceasefire, which came into force on 29 July, ended a great struggle despite the existence of both sides. Alleged violation The underlying dispute about ceasefire and regional claims has not been solved.
Phnom Penh’s discovery Khem Sorn said that the main purpose of the Friday ceremony was to support the government to work for peace and to end the war with a ceasefire.
He also aimed to honor the souls of the killed Cambodian soldiers and civilians and to address all Buddhist countries, especially Thailand to live in peace with each other.
Khem This means that we want to live side by side as a good neighbor with Thailand and live with each other unity and peace, K said Khem Sorn.
The last struggle was triggered by a land mine explosion in the controversial land, which was injured in five Thai soldiers along the border. He just arrived a week after a similar incident.
It was the latest explosion of hostility in a decades of disputes about the ownership of several small regional pockets along the 800 kilometers of land limit.
Under the pressure of US President Donald Trump, who threatened to delay important trade talks, the two countries agreed to hold a ceasefire on July 28th.
The talks in Malaysia on Thursday confirmed the loyalty of both sides to the cease -fire agreement, but could not be released. 18 Cambodian soldiers caught Under controversial conditions after the entry into force of the ceasefire. Thailand said that he fully complies men to international humanitarian law and that he would release them when “active hostilities” ended.
The US and China, who both played an active role in encouraging the end of the war, greeted the re -confirmation of the ceasefire on Thursday and said that they are looking forward to supporting the parties to secure the peace process.
