Cambodia starts UN-backed process to settle maritime dispute with Thailand

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Cambodia has initiated a UN-backed compulsory conciliation process to resolve a longstanding maritime boundary dispute with Thailand, following Thailand's unilateral termination of a 2001 agreement framework. The process aims to address overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, with notifications sent to the United Nations and the Thai government.

Cambodia said on Tuesday it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Thailand and had informed the United Nations and Bangkok. The move follows a Thai government decision last month to unilaterally terminate a 2001 agreement with Cambodia that provided ‌a framework for negotiations over the disputed area in the Gulf of Thailand where the two countries’ maritime claims overlap. “We have taken this step...