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(Bloomberg) — Thailand is stepping up efforts to inspect domestic shipping vessels in a bid to prevent fuel and military supplies being diverted to Cambodia as the border tension between the two nations persists.
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Authorities will inspect Thai vessels to ensure that commercial goods won’t be used to support Cambodia’s military activities, National Security Council Secretary-General Chatchai Bangchuad said after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday.
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The Defense Ministry will determine the types of goods, particularly military supplies and consumables, to be controlled when exporting to Cambodia, Chatchai said.
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Separately, Thailand and Laos are in talks over reopening their land crossing, which Bangkok moved to close to avoid fuel exports routed to Cambodia. Thai and Laotian officials are discussing mechanisms to ensure that fuel supplied by Thailand will only be used in Laos, Energy Permanent Secretary Prasert Sinsukprasert said.
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Thailand aims to weaken Cambodia’s military capabilities as fighting along their 800-kilometer (500-mile) contested border entered a 10th day. Over the weekend, the Thai air force deployed fighter jets to bomb a casino building that it said was being used as a military base and two bridges that it believed were used to transport weapons and troop reinforcements.
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Incoming fire from Cambodia have eased possibly because Thailand has sought to degrade Cambodia’s military capabilities through targeted operations, defense ministry spokesman Surasant Kongsiri said in a briefing.
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Meanwhile, Cambodia said the Thai military continues to fire into the country, including from naval ships into Thma Da commune in Pursat province, Phnom Penh Post reported, citing Cambodian defense ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata. Toxic gas was also fired into Prey Chan village, the official was quoted as saying.
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