ISTANBUL 

Cambodia on Wednesday reported that 24 of its citizens were injured during a clash with Thai soldiers trying to install barbed wire fencing along the border.

Spokesman Pen Bona said that civilians, including Buddhist monks, were injured in the incident.

Oum Reatrey, the governor of Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, said the Thai forces fired tear gas and “live rounds" along the border.

The Cambodians were protesting the Thai soldiers’ actions, which they saw as an encroachment on Cambodian territory.

Bona urged Thailand to maintain the ceasefire reached in July, reduce tensions, and "avoid confrontations that could escalate into renewed violence," according to the state-run Agence Kampuchea Press news agency.

In a statement, Thailand's Foreign Ministry said the measures by the Thai side were all undertaken well within its sovereign territory, and confirmed that some Thai officials were injured during the incident.

Earlier reports said two Thai soldiers were injured.

Thai officials worked under "internationally accepted practices," the ministry said, urging Cambodia to "cease all provocations, incitements to protests and acts of unrest in the area, and refrain from any further actions that would further hinder efforts to de-escalate tensions, and to seek peaceful and mutually acceptable solutions."

A ceasefire between the Southeast Asian neighbors was reached on July 28 after they saw a border dispute escalate into armed conflict, leaving dozens dead and injured.