UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia Thursday asked the UN Security Council to postpone a meeting it has requested to discuss its border dispute with neighboring Thailand.

    Vietnam's UN Ambassador Le Luong Minh, the council's president for this month, told reporters that he received a letter from Cambodia's UN mission asking him to postpone the meeting "pending the result of the meeting between the two foreign ministers."

    "Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia has agreed with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand that there will be a meeting between the foreign ministers on July 28 to find a peaceful solution to the situation," Le said, quoting the letter.

    Earlier this week, the Cambodian government requested an emergency meeting of the 15-member body to help resolve a military standoff over disputed border territory near World Heritage Site the Preah Vihear Temple.

    The dispute over 1.8 square miles of land near the temple escalated earlier this month when UNESCO approved Cambodia's application to have the complex named a World Heritage Site.

    More than 4,000 troops have been deployed around the temple and in the immediate vicinity since July 15.