Chinese leader urges Thailand and Cambodia to settle long-running border dispute

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday. (Photo: Government House)

SHANGHAI - Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Thailand and Cambodia to resolve their border dispute after meeting both countries' leaders on the same day.

The dispute escalated into the deadliest fighting between the neighbours in more than a decade last year, resulting in more than 100 military and civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries.