Cambodia has launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law to settle its long-standing maritime boundary dispute with Thailand. This action follows Thailand's unilateral termination of a 2001 agreement framework.

Cambodia said on Tuesday it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Thailand and had informed the United Nations and Bangkok. The move follows a Thai government decision last month to unilaterally terminate a 2001 agreement with Cambodia that provided ‌a framework for negotiations over the disputed area in the Gulf of Thailand where the two countries’ maritime claims overlap. “We have taken this step....