UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thailand-Cambodia border clashes on Friday.
According to the Security Council program, the meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Friday, was reportedly requested by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.
The situation at the Thai-Cambodian border escalated following skirmishes that began Thursday morning. The two sides blamed each other for violating international law.
According to the deputy spokesperson of the Thai Ministry of Public Health, 14 Thai people were killed and 46 others injured in military clashes near the Thailand-Cambodia border as of 9:00 p.m. local time on Thursday.
Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey deputy governor, Met Meas Pheakdey, told Xinhua over the telephone that one villager was killed and five others were wounded on Thursday.
