Natalegawa, who is the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said ASEAN or members of the regional grouping will be willing to support any bilateral efforts by Thailand and Cambodia to resolve their border conflict.

"Any engagement by ASEAN and by any individual country is not to replace the bilateral approach, but contrarily to support the bilateral approach," the Indonesian foreign minister was quoted as saying by the English-language Bangkok Post online.

Natalegawa, who met Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong before arriving in Bangkok, said he got a clear message from Phnom Penh and Bangkok that both countries were committed to address their border conflict through peaceful means and dialogue.

"We are the family of ASEAN nations and there are ways and means for us to resolve whatever problems we have through negotiation and dialogue," Natalegawa was quoted as saying.

He continued: "Indonesia will be very happy if we are included in any conversation or any communication that the two governments may have on ways and means to ensure the continuity of ceasefire."

Xinhua