THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 3 (UPI) -- The International Court of Justice said Cambodia wants an explanation over a ruling on who has claim to a Hindu temple along the border with Thailand.
Cambodia called on the ICJ to clarify the meaning of a ruling on the Preah Vihear temple. Cambodia notes that the court ruled that it has sovereignty over the temple as a "direct and automatic consequence of its sovereignty over the territory on which the Temple is situated," the court said in a summary. Furthermore, Thailand is under an obligation to pull its forces out of the area.
"Cambodia asserts that 'Thailand disagrees with all of these points,'" the summary read.
Conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand are centered on the 11th-century temple listed as a World Heritage Site in 2008. International courts ruled in 1962 that the temple was in Cambodia though parts of the temple grounds are in Thai territory.
Thai and Cambodian forces agreed to a cease-fire last week, though the truce broke down after one Thai solider was reported dead in fighting Friday.
Thai army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd told the BBC that fighting has become "less intense" in the wake of the cease-fire, however.
