PNN – Border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have so far displaced nearly one million people.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing AFP, Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior reported that over 518,000 people in the country have fled their homes due to two weeks of border clashes with Thailand.
The ministry highlighted the displacement of women and children, noting that people abandoned schools and homes to escape airstrikes and artillery attacks by Thai F-16 fighter jets.
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AFP, citing Bangkok officials, reported that around 400,000 Thais have also been displaced as a result of the fighting.
Both sides accuse each other of initiating the clashes and attacking civilians. Diplomatic efforts by the United States, China, and Malaysia to establish a ceasefire have so far failed, and the clashes continue.
The Thailand-Cambodia border clashes, involving tanks, drones, and artillery, have claimed at least 19 lives in Cambodia and 22 in Thailand.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN member states are scheduled to discuss the Thailand-Cambodia tensions at a meeting on Monday in Kuala Lumpur.