'Avoid border areas': India issues advisory for Indians in Cambodia amid Thailand conflict
The advisory said that in case of any emergency. Indian nationals may approach the Embassy of India in Cambodia's Phnom Penh.
The Indian Embassy in Cambodia issued an advisory for Indian nationals travelling to the country amid ongoing clashes with Thailand, suggesting that they avoid going to border areas.
“In view of the ongoing clashes at the Cambodia-Thailand border, Indian nationals are advised to avoid travelling to the border areas,” the advisory read.
The advisory asked Indian nationals to approach the embassy in Phnom Penh in case of any emergency. The Embassy also issued a phone number and an email ID for the same.
“In case of any emergency. Indian nationals may approach the Embassy of India, Phnom Penh at +855 92881676 or email cons.phnompenh@mea.gov.in,” the advisory added.
{{/usCountry}}“In case of any emergency. Indian nationals may approach the Embassy of India, Phnom Penh at +855 92881676 or email cons.phnompenh@mea.gov.in,” the advisory added.
{{/usCountry}}The advisory comes amid recent tensions and conflict between Cambodia and Thailand at the border. In light of the conflict, the Indian embassy in Thailand had earlier issued a travel advisory urging Indian nationals to avoid certain areas near the Thailand-Cambodia border.
{{/usCountry}}The advisory comes amid recent tensions and conflict between Cambodia and Thailand at the border. In light of the conflict, the Indian embassy in Thailand had earlier issued a travel advisory urging Indian nationals to avoid certain areas near the Thailand-Cambodia border.
{{/usCountry}}“In view of the situation near the Thailand-Cambodia border, all Indian travellers to Thailand are advised to check updates from Thai official sources, including TAT Newsroom,” the Indian embassy wrote in a post on its official X handle.
The Thailand-Cambodia conflict
{{/usCountry}}“In view of the situation near the Thailand-Cambodia border, all Indian travellers to Thailand are advised to check updates from Thai official sources, including TAT Newsroom,” the Indian embassy wrote in a post on its official X handle.
The Thailand-Cambodia conflict
{{/usCountry}}Thailand and Cambodia clashed for a third day on Saturday, as the death toll from their bloodiest fighting in years rose to 33 and Phnom Penh called for an "immediate ceasefire".
A long-running border dispute erupted into intense conflict involving jets, artillery, tanks and ground troops on Thursday, prompting the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis Friday.
Cambodia's defence ministry said 13 people were now confirmed killed in the fighting, including eight civilians and five soldiers, with 71 people wounded.
In Thailand, the army said five soldiers were killed on Friday, taking the toll there to 20 -- 14 civilians and six military.
The death toll across the two countries is now higher than the 28 killed in the last major round of fighting between 2008 and 2011.
The fighting marks a dramatic escalation in a long-running dispute over their shared 800-kilometre (500-mile) border. The neighbours are both popular destinations for millions of foreign tourists.
Dozens of kilometres in several areas are contested, and fighting broke out between 2008 and 2011, leaving at least 28 people dead and tens of thousands displaced.
A UN court ruling in 2013 settled the matter for over a decade, but the current crisis erupted in May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a new clash.
