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Bangkok Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Bangkok Post
Cambodia PM Hun Manet asks UN Security Council for a meeting
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convene an "urgent meeting" as the country traded cross-border fire with Thailand. "Considering the recent extremely grave aggressions by Thailand, which have gravely threatened peace and stability in the region, I earnestly request you to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to stop Thailand's aggression," Hun Manet wrote in a letter addressed to the sitting UN Security Council president Asim Iftikhar Ahmad. Cambodia yesterday accused Thailand of "unprovoked military aggression" as the two sides clashed in a border dispute. The Cambodian foreign ministry said it condemned "in the strongest possible terms this reckless and hostile act by Thailand". A long-simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia blew up on Thursday as military operations escalated rapidly -- with reports of F-16, missile and artillery strikes across their shared frontier -- resulting in the deaths of at least 10 Thai civilians and one Thai soldier. Both nations accused the other of starting the clashes, which were reported at six locations and following a build-up of tensions since a Cambodian soldier was killed in an exchange of gunfire in May. Thailand said its fighter jets hit two Cambodian army bases near the border yesterday, while the Thai army reported that rockets fired from Cambodia killed several civilians, citing provincial authorities. The fatalities included an 8-year-old child, and 14 others were injured. The number of casualties on the Cambodian side remains unclear. Bangkok said in a statement that it is prepared to "intensify" self-defence measures if Cambodia continues its attacks. Both the US and China sent advisories to their citizens about the clashes, with Beijing saying it was deeply concerned over the attacks. Cambodia lacks air assets to counter Thailand's advanced jets, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Eric Zhu and George Ferguson wrote in a note, but the country possesses Chinese-made KS-1C air defence systems. "The dispute is escalating rapidly and could turn into a serious conflict if left unattended," said Jayant Menon, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
Bangkok Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Bangkok Post
Hun Manet asks UNSC for a meeting
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convene an "urgent meeting" as the country traded cross-border fire with Thailand. "Considering the recent extremely grave aggressions by Thailand, which have gravely threatened peace and stability in the region, I earnestly request you to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to stop Thailand's aggression," Hun Manet wrote in a letter addressed to the sitting UN Security Council president Asim Iftikhar Ahmad. Cambodia yesterday accused Thailand of "unprovoked military aggression" as the two sides clashed in a border dispute. The Cambodian foreign ministry said it condemned "in the strongest possible terms this reckless and hostile act by Thailand". A long-simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia blew up on Thursday as military operations escalated rapidly -- with reports of F-16, missile and artillery strikes across their shared frontier -- resulting in the deaths of at least 10 Thai civilians and one Thai soldier. Both nations accused the other of starting the clashes, which were reported at six locations and following a build-up of tensions since a Cambodian soldier was killed in an exchange of gunfire in May. Thailand said its fighter jets hit two Cambodian army bases near the border yesterday, while the Thai army reported that rockets fired from Cambodia killed several civilians, citing provincial authorities. The fatalities included an 8-year-old child, and 14 others were injured. The number of casualties on the Cambodian side remains unclear. Bangkok said in a statement that it is prepared to "intensify" self-defence measures if Cambodia continues its attacks. Both the US and China sent advisories to their citizens about the clashes, with Beijing saying it was deeply concerned over the attacks. Cambodia lacks air assets to counter Thailand's advanced jets, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Eric Zhu and George Ferguson wrote in a note, but the country possesses Chinese-made KS-1C air defence systems. "The dispute is escalating rapidly and could turn into a serious conflict if left unattended," said Jayant Menon, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
South China Morning Post
29-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
How Central Asia is embracing Chinese arms sales
While China's economic ties with Central Asia are mostly visible in terms of investments and commercial deals, Beijing is also making inroads into the region's arms market as part of its greater overall security engagement there. Advertisement For much of the post-Soviet period, Russia held a near-monopoly over arms sales to Central Asian countries, particularly Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. However, the war in Ukraine has pulled in Russia's military resources and sapped its arms export ability. Between 2020 and 2024, Russia's arms exports fell 64 per cent, out of which two-thirds went to three countries: India (38 per cent), China (17 per cent) and Kazakhstan (11 per cent). The vacuum left by Russia invited other suppliers such as China to step up their presence. Kazakhstan reportedly bought drones from China in 2024. Media reports suggest Uzbekistan plans to acquire Chinese fighter jets , possibly JF-17s – a collaborative product of Chinese and Pakistani military engineering. Multi-role JF-17s are capable of performing in all weather conditions and various combat scenarios as well as being considerably cheaper than the Western alternatives such as France's Rafales, which Tashkent initially planned to acquire. Advertisement Recently, Uzbekistan introduced new air defence systems of Chinese provenance. The FM-90 short-range surface-to-air missile system and the KS-1C medium-to-long-range air defence system are seen as powerful means of forestalling air attacks. The KS-1C system is particularly notable as it is capable of hitting targets at a distance of 5km to 50km, with an interception altitude of 500m to 25km. Tashkent is also thought to possess Chinese-made Wing Loong military drones.
