Cambodia, Thailand start talks over border issues after recent skirmish

A Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting was held in the capital of Cambodia on Saturday to talk over border issues. The meeting was co-chaired by Lam Chea, minister in charge of Cambodia's State Secretariat of Border Affairs, and Prasas Prasasvinitchai, a former Thai ambassador to Cambodia and border affairs advisor to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said in a post on his official Facebook page Friday night that it was the first JBC meeting after a 12-year hiatus. He said that during the JBC meeting, Cambodia will invite Thailand to bring four disputed border areas, namely Mom Bei, Ta Moan Thom Temple, Ta Moan Tauch Temple, and Ta Krabei Temple, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.