Phnom Penh: Dr. Touch Sokha, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior of the Royal Government of Cambodia, on September 30, 2026, denied the accusations of the Thai side that Cambodian citizens in the villages of Sereng and Prey Chan have entered Thai territory.
The deputy spokesperson’s statement came after the Thai representative to the United Nations tried to accuse Cambodian citizens in the villages of Sereng and Prey Chan of entering Thai territory.
Regarding this accusation, the spokesperson stated, “We completely reject and reject the claim of the Thai representative to the United Nations who tried to accuse Cambodian citizens in the villages of Sereng and Prey Chan of entering Thai territory and who called on Cambodia not to raise the border issue at international forums.”
The deputy spokesman said that the repeated claims of the Thai side cannot turn a unilateral claim into a legal reality. The international border line is not defined by a unilateral declaration, map, presence of forces, placement of container ships blocking the road, barbed wire, or the situation that the Thai side has created on the ground. Even official documents of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognize that the Cambodian-Thai border is based on the 1904 Franco-Siamese Convention, the 1907 Treaty and related maps, while the 2000 MOU stipulates that the measurement and demarcation of the border should be done jointly through the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).
The doctor emphasized that therefore, if the Thai side believes that the area it is claiming as its territory has a clear legal basis, please bring the map, coordinates and legal documents to verify with Cambodia through the JBC mechanism that both sides have already agreed upon. The use of force, the placement of barbed wire, containers, trenches, or the creation of a de facto situation on the ground cannot establish a border line or legitimate sovereign rights.
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