( CNN ) -- Cambodia and Thailand failed to resolve a weeklong military standoff over an ancient border temple that sits on disputed land . Cambodian Buddhist monks walk at Preah Vihear temple on Monday . An eight-hour meeting on Monday ended with both sides agreeing on only one point : that troops that each country has amassed at the site of the Preah Vihear temple will not fire on each other , the Thai News Agency reported . Officials will reconvene after Cambodia 's general election on July 27 . For now , the countries are seeking regional intervention from their Southeast Asian neighbors . Foreign ministers of the 10 countries that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) are meeting in Singapore this week . Cambodia has also sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council to call attention to the standoff . At the heart of the dispute is an 11th century temple to which Cambodia and Thailand lay claim . It sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side . The International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia in 1962 . Thailand claims , however , that the 1.8 square mile ( 4.6 square km ) area around it was never fully demarcated . Thailand further says that the dispute arose from the fact that the Cambodian government used a map drawn during the French occupation of Cambodia -- a map that places the temple and surrounding area in Cambodian territory . This month , the United Nations approved Cambodia 's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- a designation U.N. gives to places it deems of outstanding universal value . The decision re-ignited tensions , with some in Thailand fearing it will make it difficult for their country to lay claim to disputed land around the temple . Opposition parties in Thailand used the issue to attack the government , which initially backed the heritage listing . Cambodia 's Prime Minister Hun Sen , who has been in power since the mid-1980s , has portrayed the U.N. recognition as a national triumph in the run-up to the general elections . The current flare-up began July 15 , when Cambodian guards briefly detained three Thais who crossed into the area . Once they were let go , the three refused to leave the territory . Cambodia claims Thailand sent troops to retrieve the trio and gradually built up their numbers . Thailand denies that , saying its troops are deployed in Thai territory .
Officials will reconvene after Cambodia 's general election on July 27 . Cambodia has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council to call attention to the row . Comment: Thailand claims land around it was never fully demarcated .