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Thursday, 4 March 2010

Abhisit downplays Cambodian rocket test

Cambodian army test fires multiple rocket launchers Thursday, ...
AP
Wed Mar 3, 2010

Cambodian army test fires multiple rocket launchers Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Krang Lieu village, Kampong Chhnang province, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest of capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia. About 200 rounds of Russian-made BM-21 rockets will be fired, according to the army.

(AP photo/Heng Sinith)

The Nation

Prime Minster Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday downplayed Cambodian rocket test saying Thailand has no problem with the exercise as it is a domestic affairs although diplomatic relations between the two countries remain sour.

"I have already talked with our military commanders before the Cambodian rocket test and they know the situation very well," Abhisit told reporters.

"Military exercise is a normal practice. We also have our own drill recently."

Some 200 rounds from the Soviet-made, BM21 rocket launcher were fired in the mountains of remote Kampong Chhnang province, some 80 kilometres north of the capital Phnom Penh.

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