Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said military officials from both sides were scheduled to meet in Thailand on October 16 to discuss the previous day's clash, which killed at least two Cambodian soldiers and wounded a total of eight from both sides.

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat pledged to “use peaceful means”.

The Oct. 15 clash was the first deadly fighting in four months of tensions since Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was declared a UN World Heritage site.

Thailand's Foreign Ministry said Thai soldiers were peacefully patrolling their own territory along the border when Cambodian soldiers shot at them with rocket propelled grenades and submachine guns.

Cambodia's Foreign Ministry accused Thai troops of launching “heavy armed attacks” at three different locations to push back Cambodians from positions inside Cambodian territory.

Both sides sent hundreds of troops to the area after the UNESCO action, and the dispute also fired a surge of nationalism in Cambodia that helped propel Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to a landslide re-election victory in late July.