Bangkok: The Royal Thai Army has invited assistant military attach©s from 47 countries to hear an explanation regarding the recent incident at the Thai-Cambodian border, where three soldiers were injured by an anti-personnel mine. The mine was identified as a newly planted device.

According to Thai News Agency, the Royal Thai Army Headquarters organized the briefing to address the breach of the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of landmines and to which both Thailand and Cambodia are signatories. The incident involved an invasion into Thai territory and subsequent landmine placement, prompting an investigation into the origins of the mines and their compliance with international agreements.

Military representatives began arriving at the Srisitsongkhram room in the Royal Thai Army at 1:20 p.m. Among the attendees were military attach©s from countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Japan, the Philippines, England, Brunei, Australia, the United States, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Germany, Canada, Russia, and Israel. The presence of Major General Hom Kim, the Cambodian military attach©, underscored the significance of the issue.

The meeting was chaired by Lieutenant General Kamchai Wongsri, director-general of the Army Intelligence Department. The discussions were expected to be extensive, and the Royal Thai Army planned to disseminate a document summarizing the meeting’s outcomes later in the evening.