{"id":9722,"date":"2011-07-21T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-21T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T19:07:47","slug":"Cambodia-US-call-for-regional-talks-on-Thai-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9722","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia, US call for regional talks on Thai border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cambodia called for outside help to resolve its border dispute with Thailand, as the US lent its support to a regional solution following a UN order to remove troops from the frontier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Premier Hun Sen said Cambodia was ready to hold tripartite talks with Thailand and Indonesia<\/strong>, chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as both neighbors appeared reluctant to act first to comply with the court ruling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said both countries should remove their forces immediately <\/strong>from the area around the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, the scene of deadly clashes earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But neither country has yet to withdraw its soldiers and statements from both sides seem to rule out any imminent action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thailand earlier this week said talks with Cambodia would precede any military pullout, <strong>while Phnom Penh has demanded third party observers must be sent to the border<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ASEAN would be the best forum for the pair to resolve their differences.<\/strong> Both sides should refrain &#8220;from taking steps that would escalate into violence,&#8221; she said during ASEAN meetings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have stressed that troop withdrawal must be simultaneous.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia asked the court for an interpretation of a 1962 ruling on the Preah Vihear temple in April. <strong>It 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