Cambodian soldiers stand guard on a road near a pagoda close to Preah Vihear temple on August 15. Cambodian and Thai troops have begun to pull back from disputed territory around an ancient temple, an official said Saturday.
(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)Cambodian and Thai armies pulled back almost all their troops from disputed territory around an ancient temple yesterday, according to a Cambodian official. More than 1,000 soldiers from both countries have been stationed around the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara pagoda near the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border for a month in a fraught stand-off.
They began to withdraw ''step-by-step'' late on Friday after a military agreement was reached on Wednesday in Surin, but most of the troops remained until a large-scale drawdown at 4pm yesterday.
''Now nearly all our military has been redeployed ... only 50 troops from each side remain,'' Cambodian Deputy Defence Minister Neang Phat said.
''It is a 100% positive act with a lot of improvement,'' he added.
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