Vietnam wants Thailand and Cambodia to exercise maximum restraint to avoid armed clashes and continue resolving disputes through peaceful negotiations, a Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the statement on April 22 while answering reporters’ questions on Vietnam’s reaction to conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia on April 22 around Ta Mon Thom and Ta Krabey temples on the border between two countries.

She said: “As an ASEAN member and a neighbour of both Thailand and Cambodia, Vietnam urges the two sides to exercise maximum restraint, avoid armed conflicts and continue resolving disputes through peaceful negotiations based on the basic principles of international law, the United Nations Charter and in the spirit of friendship, ASEAN solidarity and for the two peoples’ interest and for peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world.

“We call on Cambodia and Thailand to strictly adhere to pledges made at the informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Jakarta on Feb. 22, 2011 and not let the situation become more complicated,” Nga said.

Source: VNA