The UN Security Counil is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week, Thailand's ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday. Don Pramudwinai said the Security Council meeting on Thursday was set to discuss the week-long issue involving troops from both countries facing off near an ancient temple on their border.
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Three people have been killed and two soldiers injured in separate incidents across Thailand's insurgency-hit south, as the army warned Wednesday of an escalation in separatist attacks. Two privates assigned to protect teachers in the Muslim-majority southern province of Yala were seriously wounded in a roadside blast early Wednesday, officials said. The UN Security Council is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week as more troops amassed along the border, officials said Wednesday. Thailand's ambassador to the UN, Don Pramudwinai, said the Security Council on Thursday would discuss the border dispute that has troops from both countries facing off near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple. A military standoff between Thailand and Cambodia could affect the image and confidence of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the bloc's chief said Wednesday. ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan said the 10-nation group wants the two countries to "find their own solution at the bilateral level" and avoid any actions over the border dispute that could trigger a full-blown confrontation. The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to bring in vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head told AFP Wednesday. The UN's World Food Programme will stop ferrying aid between Thailand's Don Muang airport and Myanmar's main city Yangon from August 10, and withdraw five helicopters from use. Cambodia is hoping the UN Security Council can help resolve a military standoff with Thailand after talks during a meeting of regional foreign ministers made no progress, the head of Cambodia's delegation said Wednesday. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations held crisis talks Tuesday on the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, but failed to defuse the row, diplomats said. Other Regional Stories
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