US calls for peaceful resolution of Thai-Cambodia flare-up

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

SINGAPORE (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution to a dangerous border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia as Asia's main security talks were held here.

Foreign ministers from the region and key world powers gathered in Singapore for the ASEAN Regional Forum after an unprecedented meeting here Wednesday between Rice and her North Korean counterpart.

The 27-nation security talks were held against the backdrop of the devastating Myanmar cyclone and Chinese earthquake in May, as well as the bitter territorial dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.

Rice said the deployment of hundreds of troops on either side of the border was an issue of concern.

"It is something that has been a subject of...