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Thailand's concern over Cambodian tank deliveries reveals a deeper strategic contradiction: Bangkok possesses overwhelming military superiority yet frames Cambodia's modest defence upgrades as threatening, raising questions about double standards in regional security diplomacy.
Thailand and Cambodia are establishing a UN-backed conciliation commission to resolve their Gulf maritime boundary dispute, but disagree on whether energy resource development should be included in negotiations alongside boundary delimitation.
The Philippines confirmed that Thailand and Cambodia's agreement to pursue peaceful solutions to their border conflict, brokered during May's ASEAN summit in Cebu, remains intact with no escalation.