The ceasefire appeared to be breaking down after the landmine explosion earlier this week.
Thailand accused Cambodia of laying new mines in violation of the truce, which Cambodia denied. Thailand said it would pause implementation of the agreement indefinitely.
It also demanded that Cambodia apologise, conduct a thorough investigation and implement measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
Hun Manet said the shooting occurred after Thai forces engaged in “numerous provocative actions for many days with the objective of instigating confrontations”. He added that Cambodia would still honour the ceasefire terms.
The Thai army alleged that Cambodian soldiers fired into a district in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaeo, and that the Thai side “fired warning shots in response”.
“Cambodia’s accusations that Thailand initiated fire, provoked conflict, and violated the ceasefire are entirely false. Cambodia’s firing from a civilian area as cover constitutes using human shields, violating humanitarian principles and demonstrating complete disregard for Cambodian civilian lives,” said army spokesperson Major General Winthai Suvaree said in a statement on Wednesday.
Thailand and Cambodia have a history of enmity going back centuries when they were warring empires. Their competing territorial claims stem largely from a 1907 map drawn when Cambodia was under French colonial rule, which Thailand has argued is inaccurate.
The International Court of Justice in 1962 awarded sovereignty to Cambodia over an area that included the 1,000-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which still rankles many Thais.
The October truce agreement does not spell out a path to resolve the underlying basis of the dispute.
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