Phnom Penh - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday that Thai troops had been turned back during an apparent attempted foray to view the area where two Thai soldiers were severely wounded by landmines just days earlier.

Hor Namhong said he had received word of the brief standoff during his several-hour-long meeting with his Thai counterpart Sompong Amornviwat in the capital which focused on resolving a simmering border dispute.

Phnom Penh  - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong Friday accused elements in the Thai opposition of politicizing the disputed 11th century Hindu temple of Preah Vihear and called it "regretable.