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The last time I reported on the hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand, President Donald Trump was planning to call officials from both nations to try to salvage the summer cease-fire.
Unfortunately, there was no deal, and the conflict appears no closer to ending; Cambodia officially closed its border to Thailand this weekend.
The move comes as border clashes between the Southeast Asian nations have continued, despite US President Donald Trump saying Friday that they had agreed to a ceasefire.
“The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to fully suspend all entry and exit movements at all Cambodia-Thailand border crossings, effective immediately and until further notice,” the Cambodian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The announcement comes after Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that his country would keep up military strikes on Cambodia until it no longer felt under threat from its neighbor, telling local media there was no ceasefire in place.
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President Donald Trump claimed to have brokered peace between Thailand and Cambodia following an outbreak of renewed violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
The president announced on Friday afternoon that he spoke with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet “concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running War.”
“They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim,” Trump said.
The Cambodian government has reported that over 300 000 Cambodian citizens have sought safety at camps for displaced people in border provinces, including Banteay Meanchey and Mongkol Borey.
The Thailand–Cambodia border conflict is part of a long-standing territorial dispute, driven by competing claims over several areas along the more than 800 kilometer frontier, including historical sites such as the Preah Vihear temple complex.
It is unclear if Trump will be able to secure an immediate cessation of the hostilities this time.
Thailand’s army has made clear it wants to cripple Cambodia’s military capability and Anutin has given the army his backing to fully implement operations he said have been planned by the armed forces.
A top adviser to Hun Manet told Reuters this week that Phnom Penh was “ready at any time” for dialogue, while Thailand has rejected mediation and said Cambodia must show sincerity before any bilateral negotiations can happen.
Thailand said on Friday its top diplomat, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, had spoken with US counterpart Marco Rubio and relayed that Bangkok was committed to peace, but expressed concern about Cambodia’s “repeated and escalating patterns of attacks”.
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is suspending his ceasefire deal with Cambodia after he accused Cambodia of being behind a landmine explosion. The explosion killed 43 people. It is disputed if the landmine was laid before the ceasefire of after it. The PM said of his country’s decision, “The hostility towards our national security has not decreased as we thought it would.”
Thailand has suspended the implementation of a United States-brokered peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia after a landmine blast near their border injured two of its soldiers.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said after Monday’s incident that all action set to be carried out under the truce will be halted until Thailand’s demands, which remain unspecified, are met.
President Donald Trump is making historic deals during his Asia trip which coincides with the 2025 ASEAN Summit. Add to those historic trade deals a major peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand. The President facilitated this deal with Malaysia, who was also part of the peace agreement signing ceremony. Apparently, Trump told both countries that if they want good deals, they must end the conflict.
Trump stated, “On behalf of the U.S., I’m proud to help settle this conflict and forge a future for the region… Millions of people are alive today because of this peace treaty…”
President Trump is a big reason why Thailand and Cambodia are not in an all out ground war with each other.
On Sunday, President Trump attended the official peace agreement ceremony between Cambodia and Thailand held in Malaysia.
Trump is in the region to participate in the ASEAN Summit.
The 47th President’s visit to the ASEAN Summit marks the first time a U.S. President attended the summit since Barrack Obama did in 2016 however Trump did attend ASEAN meetings in 2017.
Thai king approves PM Anutin’s cabinet line-up, Royal Gazette shows – Reuters
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Cambodian and Thai officials meet in Malaysia to iron out ceasefire details– abcnews.go.com
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thai and Cambodia n officials met in Malaysia on Monday for the first round of cross-border committee talks since a tense ceasefire was brokered last week after five days of deadly armed border clashes that killed dozens and displaced over 260,000 people.
The four-day General Border Committee meetings were initially due to be hosted by Cambodia, but both sides later agreed to a neutral venue in Malaysia, the annual chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has mediated the halt in hostilities last month.
The July 28 ceasefire followed economic pressure from President Donald Trump, who had warned the two warring nations that the U.S. would not conclude trade deals with them if the fighting persisted. Washington lowered tariffs on goods from the two countries from 36% to 19% on Aug. 1 following the truce.
Monday’s talks focused on ironing out details to avoid further clashes. Discussions of the decades-long competing territorial claims over the pockets of land near the shared border are not on the agenda.
Army condemns Cambodia for repeatedly breaking ceasefire agreement – bangkokpost.com
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The spokesman of the Royal Thai Army has denounced Cambodia for repeatedly breaking the Thai-Cambodian ceasefire agreement reached early this week.
Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree, spokesman for the army, told the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand that a Cambodian attack with rifles and hand grenades happened in Phu Makua in Thailand’s northeastern province of Si Sa Ket at about 9pm on Tuesday.
“The use of weapons was inappropriate because it is a time of ceasefire and a period that we must have mutual trust. The army must condemn this kind of action. This is the second time for the use of weapons during the ceasefire agreement,” the spokesman said.
“Cambodia has not observed the agreed rule,” Maj Gen Winthai said.
After fighting broke out between Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday, July 24, it appeared the border skirmish was headed to full-out war. Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia and promised more extensive operations would be coming. Cambodia sought an immediate ceasefire. The fighting was touched off after a land mine explosion at the border wounded five Thai soldiers.
Fortunately for the region, an immediate ceasefire has been announced an immediate ceasefire brokered by the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration is “committed to an immediate cessation of violence and expect the governments of Cambodia and Thailand to fully honor their commitments to end this conflict.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on X, “President Trump made this happen. Give him the Nobel Peace Prize.”
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Armed clashes have broken out between Thailand and Cambodia in long-disputed border areas, rapidly escalating months-long tensions.
The fighting included gunfire exchanges, shelling and rocket fire, which have killed at least 14 people in Thailand and one in Cambodia and wounded dozens, while driving tens of thousands of people to flee homes near the border. Thailand also hit Cambodia with air strikes.
It was the second armed confrontation since a Cambodian soldier was shot dead in May and a major escalation that came hours after the two countries downgraded diplomatic relations following a land mine explosion that injured Thai soldiers.
The Thai military reported clashes at locations along the border near four Thai provinces on Friday.
Here’s what to know about the dispute between the two Southeast Asian neighbors.
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Thailand declared martial law in eight districts bordering Cambodia on Friday as a dispute between the two neighbours continues to worsen.
“Martial law is now in effect” in seven districts of Chanthaburi and one district of Trat, commander of the Border Defence Command, Apichart Sapprasert, said in a statement.
The declaration was made to safeguard national sovereignty, territorial integrity and the lives and property of Thai citizens, the statement also said.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia have hit their lowest point in more than a decade, with both sides trading fire and air strikes since Thursday and tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border moving away from the conflict zone.
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The US Embassy, which has been critical of Cambodia’s human rights record, had an observer at the hearing but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.