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Thai, Cambodian leaders to discuss ceasefire in Malaysia as UN calls on Asean
Despite diplomatic efforts, fighting continued on Sunday along parts of the contested border, with both sides refusing to budge and trading blame
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Thai and Cambodian leaders plan to meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, the Thai prime minister’s office said on Sunday.
This followed mediation efforts by US President Donald Trump to end the deadly border dispute. The four days of fighting have killed at least 34 people and displaced more than 168,000.
Government spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said acting Thailand’s Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai would attend Monday’s talks in response to an invitation from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim “to discuss peace efforts in the region”.
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He said Phumtham’s Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, would also attend the talks, though this was not immediately confirmed by the Cambodian side.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday that he spoke to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia and suggested he would not move forward with trade agreements with either country if the hostilities continued. He later said both sides agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire.
Both sides agree to ceasefire talks
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Sunday that his country had agreed to pursue an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire”. He said Trump told him that Thailand had also agreed to halt attacks following Trump’s conversation with acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham.
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