Overview
- Cambodia’s defense ministry says Thai F-16s dropped up to 40 bombs on the Chok Chey area in Banteay Meanchey on Friday morning.
- Thai media report Cambodian forces shelled Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province overnight, damaging several houses.
- Negotiators from both countries met at a border checkpoint this week, and the defense ministers are scheduled to meet Saturday to seek de-escalation.
- Thailand has said it struck a military position, and Prime Minister Anutin expressed hope for a joint statement based on an October declaration.
- Authorities cite more than 40 fatalities and roughly 900,000 to one million people displaced since the fighting flared again in December, with each side blaming the other for starting the clashes.