Thailand ’s new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in the
Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh on September 15, beginning her
visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
As scheduled, the Thai PM hold talks with her Cambodian counterpart
Hun Sen. They are expected to discuss sea and solutions to disputes
relating to Preah Vihear Temple .
According to Cambodian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Koy Kuong, the visit
will help to restore relations and bilateral cooperation in all fields
between Cambodia and Thailand . He added that the relations between
the two countries got back to normal.
Cambodia
is the third destination in Yingluck’s four-country visit to the
Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei , Indonesia and Laos .
Yingluck’s visit was expected to open a new page in
the relations between the two countries after many years of tension due
to territorial disputes.
Thailand does not dispute Cambodia 's ownership of Preah Vihear, but both sides claim a 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile) area of adjacent land.
In February, 10 people were killed in fighting at the temple site and freshh clashes broke out further west in April, leaving 18 dead./.