Secretary General Ban Deplores Fresh Clashes Between Cambodia and Thailand, Urges Restraint

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–24 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday said he is troubled by reports of renewed fighting over the past two days between Cambodian and Thai troops along the two countries’ border, which has reportedly claimed the lives of many people on both sides.

He said he had been encouraged by the initial signs of progress in regional efforts to strengthen bilateral mechanisms for dealing with the dispute between the two neighbours and called…