Cambodia’s interior ministry reports over half a million people displaced by two weeks of border clashes with Thailand, as regional ministers prepare to meet.
PHNOM PENH: More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand.
The interior ministry said on Sunday that 518,611 people, including women and children, have been evacuated to escape artillery and aerial bombardments.
Around 400,000 people have also been displaced in Thailand due to the reignited border conflict.
The renewed fighting this month has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and 19 in Cambodia, according to officials.
The conflict stems from a territorial dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre border.
Each side has blamed the other for instigating the fresh fighting and traded accusations of attacks on civilians.
China, the European Union, the United States, ASEAN chair Malaysia and the United Nations have all called for a ceasefire.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN nations, including Cambodia and Thailand, are set to meet on Monday in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the conflict.
