Cambodia Files Complaint with Philippines Over Thai Military Border Incursion
Cambodian Army Commander-in-Chief, Vong Pisen, has lodged a formal complaint with Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Romeo S. Brawner Jr., regarding an alleged incursion by Thai military personnel accompanying ASEAN Observer Team (AOT) members into Cambodian sovereign territory near the Khnar Temple in Preah Vihear province. The action is cited as a violation of the principles governing the bilateral confidence-building mechanism.
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