00:00Thailand has rejected mediation efforts from third countries to end the ongoing conflict
00:05with Cambodia, insisting that Phnom Penh cease attacks and resolve the situation
00:10only through bilateral talks, its foreign ministry said today.
00:14Simmering border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have flared into open hostilities
00:19at multiple locations along the front line, with exchanges of artillery for a second straight day.
00:24At least 16 people, most of them Thai civilians, have died so far in the heaviest fighting
00:30between the Southeast Asian neighbors in over a decade.
00:34The US, China, and Malaysia, which is the current chair of ASEAN, have offered to facilitate dialogue,
00:39but Bangkok is seeking a bilateral solution to the conflict.
00:43Thai foreign ministry spokesman, Nikon Dejbal and Kura, said Thailand does not need any mediation
00:48from a third country yet, Reuters reported.
00:51Cambodia and Thailand accused each other of starting the conflict early yesterday at a disputed site,
00:57which quickly escalated from small arms fire to heavy shelling along a border where
01:02sovereignty has been disputed for more than a century.
01:05Nikon Dej said the Cambodian side must stop violence along the border first.
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