Cambodian and Thai officials held talks to prevent fresh fighting on their border Sunday after tensions over disputed land around an ancient temple flared into deadly gunbattles.
A third Thai soldier died in hospital following Friday’s clashes, which rattled relations between the neighbours just days before a regional summit that was supposed to focus on the global economic slowdown.
Military officials from both sides met over lunch in disputed territory near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on Sunday, while Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was set to meet Thai officials later in …

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to resolve a border dispute peacefully “for the sake of our neighbourliness”.
Bilateral talks on the issue were held on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe summit (Asem) in Beijing.
The demarcation of land around Preah Vihear temple on the countries’ border has never been clearly settled.
Tensions have recently been rekindled, and last week erupted into open combat. Three Cambodian and one Thai soldier died in exchanges of fire.