Cambodia Calls for Urgent UN Meeting on Border Dispute With Thailand

Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 22 July

[Unattributed report from the "Breaking News" section: "Cambodia calls for UN Security meeting on border dispute with Thailand"]

Cambodia Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to urgently hold a meeting to mediate its border dispute with Thailand, it was reported.

“In order to avoid armed confrontation” the country requests “an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to find a solution to the problem in accordance with international laws,” the Cambodian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Originally published by The Nation website, Bangkok, in English 22 Jul 08.

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