(Phnom Penh): The Royal Government of Cambodia formally lodged another protest against Thailand’s continued violations of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the areas of Anlong Veng District and Samraong City, Oddar Meanchey Province, according to a press release seen by Fresh News on Wednesday (Jul. 22).
According to the press release, between 13 and 15 July 2026, Thai armed forces conducted new road construction activities between Boundary Pillar No. 8 and No. 9 in Ta Tum area of Anlong Veng District, Oddar Meanchey Province, which deeply encroached into Cambodian territory.
Further encroachment happened between 15 and 19 July 2026, with Thai armed forces progressively conducting road construction activities and laying barbed wire between Boundary Pillar No. 19 and No. 20, in Chup Doeum Khnol area of Sangkat Kon Kriel, Samraong City, Oddar Meanchey Province.
The Royal Government stated that these activities constituted a clear violation of Cambodia's sovereignty and territorial integrity as defined and delimited by the 1:200.000-scale maps produced by the Commissions of Delimitation of the Boundary between Indo-China and Siam, pursuant to the Franco-Siamese Convention of 1904 and the Treaty of 1907.
These activities also breached Article 5 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on the Survey and Demarcation of the Land Boundary (MoU 2000), signed on 14 June 2000, and Item I (De-escalation Measures) of the Joint Statement of the 3rd Special Meeting of the General Border Committee (GBC) on 27 December 2025, in which both sides agreed to refer to the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) to resume at the earliest the survey and demarcation work, in accordance with existing agreements between the two countries.
The Royal Government of Cambodia reiterated that it does not recognize any boundary line or territorial claim unilaterally asserted by Thailand, and that the aforementioned activities shall not prejudice the legal rights or position of the Kingdom of Cambodia regarding its international boundary.
The Royal Government of Cambodia urged Thailand to cease such activities in the above-mentioned areas, as well as any other areas unlawfully occupied by Thai forces since last year, with a view to de-escalating the situation, fostering mutual trust, facilitating peaceful settlement of disputes, thereby restoring peace, stability and good-neighbourly relations along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Cambodia reaffirmed its commitment to resolving all boundary disputes with Thailand, as with all its neighbours, exclusively through peaceful means, in line with international law and existing bilateral agreements, while firmly upholding its principled position that borderlines must not be changed by force.
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