Thailand favours direct talks to end Cambodia conflict, rather than mediation

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BANGKOK: Thailand favours bilateral negotiation rather than third-party mediation to resolve its military conflict with Cambodia, two Thai officials said on Friday (Jul 25), as fighting along their disputed border continued unabated. Simmering border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have flared into open hostilities at multiple locations along the frontline in the heaviest fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours in over a decade. There were exchanges of artillery for a second