Containers, flags and barbed wire do not create borders in Cambodia: law does


Thai soldiers have reportedly placed shipping containers to illegally occupy Cambodian territory in Banteay Meanchey province. - Photo: Thai-Press

PHNOM PENH: Borders are not drawn by shipping containers, planted flags or rolls of barbed wire. They are established by treaties, agreements and internationally recognised legal instruments.

Thailand’s recent actions along the Cambodian border – installing containers, erecting fences, planting flags and deploying troops – are not acts of administration. They are acts of unilateral force that violate Cambodia’s sovereignty and international law.

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