South-east Asian foreign ministers are holding emergency talks about a deadly border dispute that broke out between Cambodia and Thailand near an 11th century temple.
Each side accuses the other of starting the clashes – which have left at least eight people dead – and disagree on how it should be settled.
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen earlier said he favoured a ceasefire, an idea Thailand flatly rejects.
The host of the talks, Indonesian Foreign Minister Martiy Natalegawa, told reporters there has to be a “conducive atmosphere on the ground for negotiations to take place”.
He said the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations agree that using force to settle the dispute is simply not an option.
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