ASEAN Summit Mediates Thailand-Cambodia Tensions Amid Fragile Ceasefire
- On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hosted a trilateral meeting in Cebu with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, paving the way for some agreements and ways forward ahead of the 48th ASEAN Summit.
- Hostilities erupted at the Cambodia-Thailand border in late July 2025 over a long-standing dispute; the two countries agreed on a ceasefire in late December 2025 that has been maintained thus far.
- Discussions focused on reviving bilateral mechanisms including the Joint Boundary Commission, General Border Committee, and Regional Border Committee. Prime Minister Hun Manet said the leaders met with a collective resolve for lasting peace.
- Extending the ASEAN Observer Team's mandate for three months until July, Marcos committed the Philippines to offering its "good offices" to facilitate dialogue. The three leaders tasked their foreign ministers to sustain open communication and prevent escalation.
- Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated Thailand and Cambodia must "move forward together" and avoid conflict, agreeing to work on practical confidence-building measures to gradually rebuild trust and strengthen bilateral ties.
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Marcos: Thailand, Cambodia agree to continue peace talks
CEBU, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Cambodia and Thailand vowed to pursue peaceful dialogue and confidence-building measures to address their border dispute ahead of the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit on Friday. This followed a closed-door trilateral meeting in Lapu-Lapu City on the eve of the biannual event. READ: No Asean consensus yet on Myanmar election recognition – spokesperson Marcos, Cambod…
Military forces remain deployed on both sides of the 817-kilometer-long Thai-Cambodian border.
Philippines plays peacemaker in Cambodia-Thailand meeting in Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday evening, May 7, that a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from Cambodia and Thailand in Cebu paved the way for “some agreements” being reached and “ways forward” being discussed as the Philippines steps into a more active role in managing border tensions between the two Southeast Asian countries. “There were many candid discussions about the border situation betwe…
Cambodia, Thailand task envoys to sustain talks to ease tensions, says Marcos
Cambodia and Thailand have directed their own foreign ministers to sustain dialogues to prevent escalation of conflict and to make conditions for peace and stability, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Thursday.
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