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class=\"in-article-games__full-story-less-button\" href=\";\"><br \/>\n      Show Less<br \/>\n  <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cambodia has been in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-holds-72-hours-prisoner-release-5769681\">boundary dispute for decades<\/a> with its larger neighbour Thailand, discord that sparked two bouts of fighting last year that killed close to 150 people before the latest ceasefire in December.<\/p>\n<p>An area of around 27,000 square km (10,400 square miles) in the Gulf of Thailand that is claimed by both countries is estimated to hold around 11 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, alongside large quantities of oil.<\/p>\n<p>International oil and gas majors, including TotalEnergies <span>TTEF.PA<\/span>, are keen on potentially starting offshore exploration activities if the neighbours can resolve their disagreements over a patch of sea in the Gulf of Thailand, he said, adding that harnessing the oil and gas<span> resources <\/span>would be a win-win for Thailand and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>UN CONCILIATION PROCESS NEXT STEP<\/h2>\n<p>Despite protests from Cambodia, the Thai government this month unilaterally terminated a 25-year-old agreement to work towards joint offshore<span> energy <\/span>exploration, arguing the framework had made no progress.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s move has meant that Cambodia will now have to rely on a compulsory conciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to reach an agreement on the maritime boundary, Keo Rottanak said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see that our choice of the UNCLOS Compulsory Conciliation&#8230;is the only possible avenue to sort out differences in a peaceful and amicable manner,&#8221; he said, adding that the<span> Cambodian <\/span>government plans to reach out to the Thai side for discussions on this mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Under the procedure, a panel of conciliators assists countries in settling their disputes, a process first utilised by Timor-Leste in 2016 to agree on permanent maritime boundaries with Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>Related:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/singapore\/asean-summit-lawrence-wong-hormuz-myanmar-thailand-cambodia-6108671\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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