New Delhi: The Embassy of India in Cambodia issued a journey advisory on Saturday for Indian nationals, advising them to keep away from travelling to frame areas because of the ongoing clashes on the Thailand-Cambodia border.
In an official advisory message, it stated, “In view of the continuing clashes on the Cambodia-Thailand border, Indian nationals are suggested to keep away from travelling to the border areas.”
The Embassy additionally stated that in case of any emergency, Indian nationals might method the Embassy of India, Phnom Penh at +855 92881676 or e mail cons.phnompenh@mea.gov.in.
Earlier, the Indian Embassy in Thailand issued an advisory on Friday, following clashes close to the Thailand-Cambodia border, urging Indian nationals to keep away from journey to seven provinces in Thailand.
The Mission suggested travellers to test for updates from Thai official sources resembling TAT Newsroom, the official on-line newsroom of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
The developments on the border of Cambodia and Thailand come after clashes erupted on the border areas of Thailand and Cambodia, triggering a large humanitarian disaster, with over one lakh folks pressured to flee their houses in simply two days of battle, CNN reported.
The long-running border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia date again over a century, when France, which occupied Cambodia till 1953, first mapped the land border. Cambodia has cited that map to help its territorial claims, whereas Thailand rejects it as inaccurate.
Each Cambodia and Thailand have written to the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) following two days of cross-border preventing, native media in each Southeast Asian nations reported on Saturday. The 15-member UN physique has scheduled an emergency assembly for Saturday to debate the difficulty.
Whereas Thailand says the clashes started on Thursday with Cambodia’s navy deploying drones to conduct surveillance of Thai troops close to the border, Cambodia says Thai troopers initiated the battle once they violated a previous settlement.