BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, June 9 — Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said on Monday that Thailand has adjusted its policy, setting a limit of seven days for Cambodian nationals to stay in Thailand, Xinhua reported.
This is since Cambodia has shortened the permitted stay for Thai nationals to seven days.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Cambodia's Ministry of Interior deputy spokesperson Touch Sokhak said that in response to Thailand's cut of the visa-stay period for Cambodian citizens, Cambodia has shortened the permitted stay for Thai citizens from 60 days to seven days.
Cambodian and Thai soldiers briefly exchanged gunfire at a disputed border area on May 28, resulting in the death of a Cambodian soldier.
Thailand and Cambodia have contested sovereignty at various undemarcated points along their 817 km land border for over a century. This border was first mapped by France in 1907, when Cambodia was under its colonial rule.
Tension escalated in 2008 over an 11th-century Hindu temple, leading to skirmishes over several years and at least a dozen deaths, including during a week-long exchange of artillery in 2011.
— Bernama
