Cease-fire talks collapse between Thailand, Cambodia

About 27,000 people are living in shelters in Thailand, the nation's health ministry said.

A Thai army spokesman said the two nations had planned meetings between their defense ministers to discuss a cease-fire.

"But before our departure yesterday, some Cambodian media misreported that our trip to Cambodia was to surrender because we were defeated," said Col. Sansern Kawekumnerd, the spokesman.

"So the minister thought that if we continued our trip to Cambodia today, it will bring wrong messages to Cambodia and the international community."

But the negotiation door is not closed, the spokesman said.

He accused Cambodia of firing again on Tuesday night, and urged the nation to halt attacks "to show their honesty of going back to negotiation table."

The spokesman said Cambodians unsuccessfully attempted to seize Ta Muen and Ta Kwai temples on Tuesday night, leaving one civilian dead.

Thailand calls the temples Ta Kwai and Ta Muen, while Cambodia calls them Ta Krabey and Ta Moan. Much of the border between the two countries remains in dispute.

Both sides claim the disputed temples are in their country; Kazinform cites CNN.

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