WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) released the following statement today on the escalation of violence along the Cambodia-Thailand border. In recent weeks, long-standing tensions have erupted into renewed and intense clashes along the shared border, endangering innocent lives and threatening regional stability.

"We are deeply concerned by the escalation of violence along the Cambodia-Thailand border, which has resulted in the needless loss of life, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and a rapidly growing humanitarian crisis. At a moment of political transition in Tha...