Today’s world is more dangerous than a decade ago. After seven and a half decades of peace, the war has resumed in Europe, and many cold struggles are again provoking the world. The strategic restraint that the struggling countries were following for decades have been broken. By the year 2025, there have been two small but intense wars, even between the nuclear powers, and now another cold struggle seems to be transformed into a complete war.
In May, both India and Pakistan nuclear-rich countries fought a fierce war for four days, in which they opened fire on each other’s fighter jets and fired hundreds of drones and cruise missiles. According to the US, this war was taking a dangerous turn when American mediation helped the two countries reach the ceasefire.
Thailand and Cambodia took heavy shelling on Friday, while the most fierce battle between them continued for the second day in more than a decade, while the region and other places were demanding an immediate ceasefire in the growing struggle on the border.
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At least 14 people have been killed in a clash on the border between the soldiers of Thailand and Cambodian, mostly common citizens. Both sides attacked with small arms, cannon and rocket and Thailand also carried out airstrikes. According to Thailand’s Defense Ministry spokesman Sursant Kongsiri, there was a clash in at least six areas on Thursday. A day before this, five Thailand soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on the border and Thailand had withdrawn his ambassador from Cambodia and expelled Cambodia’s messenger in Thailand.
General Khow Lee, Chief Officer of Cambodia in Odar Minche province, said on Friday that clashes started again in the morning near the ancient Ta Mun Thom Temple. Journalists of the ‘Associated Press’ (AP) near the border heard the sounds of the blasts since morning. The official also said that at least four common citizens were injured in the clash on Thursday and more than 4,000 people had to be displaced from the villages along the border who have been sent to the shelter centers.
This is the first information given by the Cambodian side about the casualties. According to United Nations Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Gutaras has urged both sides to “resolve maximum restraint and resolve any issue through negotiations.
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Thai officials accused Cambodia of laying new landmines built in Russia, while Cambodia dismissed the claims as “baseless allegations” and blamed the remaining weapons from previous struggles. On Thursday, there were clashes in at least six areas on the border, including clashes near the ancient Ta Mun Thom Temple. The Thai F-16 fighter aircraft carried out air strikes in response to rockets on Cambodian trucks, as the government said. Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikorandage Balanakura said, “It was a step in self -defense.”
The Ministry of Defense of Cambodia claimed that the air strikes were on a road near the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Preh Vihier, and warned of legal action. The Ministry of Culture of Cambodia said, “The temple has been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO … and it is ‘historical heritage of Cambodian people’.” Lieutenant General Mali Socheta, spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense, said Cambodia said “had no choice but to protect its territory from Thai dangers,” and insisted that the attacks were “focused on military bases, not at any other place.”