柬埔寨要求區域觀察員監督邊界

Cambodia says it will ask the Southeast Asian regional grouping ASEAN to send observers to monitor a disputed area on the Thai-Cambodian frontier where at least 10 people have been killed in cross-border artillery shelling this month.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Wednesday that Thailand had ignored recent calls from the U.N. Security Council for restraint near a 900-year-old Khmer Hindu temple, which has been declared a World Heritage Site.

Thailand has not responded publicly to the ASEAN proposal. But the Bangkok government has said repeatedly the dispute should be settled in bilateral talks and has resisted calls for outside assistance.

Foreign ministers from the two countries brought their cases to the U.N. Security Council Monday, and Council President Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil later urged both sides to observe a permanent cease-fire. Hours later, new fighting was reported near the temple site.

Each side blames the other for the clashes, but there have been no independent witness reports to clarify the situation.

柬埔寨說，它將要求東南亞國家聯盟這個區域組織派遣觀察員，監督泰國和柬埔寨邊界一個有爭議的地區。在該邊境地區，至少有10人在這個月發生的跨邊界炮擊中喪生。

柬埔寨外交大臣賀南洪星期三表示，泰國對聯合國安理會最近發出的要求在臨近一個有9百年曆史的高棉和印度教寺廟的地方保持克制的呼聲置之不理。這個寺廟已被宣佈世界文化遺址。

泰國還沒有對涉及東盟的提議公開作出反應。但是曼谷政府此前一再表示，這個爭端應該通過雙邊會談進行解決，而且拒絕外部協助的呼籲。

這兩個國家的外長星期一將這個爭端提交到聯合國安理會。安理會主席、巴西駐聯合國代表維奧蒂後來敦促雙方實行永久的停火。幾個小時後，有報導說在這個寺廟附近爆發了新的戰鬥。

每一方都指責對方挑起這次衝突，但沒有獨立目擊者的報導能澄清目前的局勢。