US EditionState Dept. ‘Concerned’ About Fighting Threatening Trump-Brokered Thailand, Cambodia Ceasefire
The ceasefire brokered by President Trump collapsed six weeks after signing, causing casualties and displacing over 50,000 people near the Thailand-Cambodia border.
- On Tuesday, armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day, with Thailand launching airstrikes despite a ceasefire signed six weeks earlier at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
- Rooted in a 1907 colonial-era map, territorial claims trace to unresolved French border mapping, and the truce signed in October showed strain last month after Bangkok suspended implementation following land mine injuries.
- Local officials reported at least eight killed and multiple wounded, including seven Cambodian civilians and one Thai soldier, with firing reported in six of the seven Thai border provinces on Tuesday.
- As of Monday morning the Trump administration had not commented, Bangkok's prime minister said Thailand would not seek third-party diplomacy, and United Nations and the European Union urged restraint amid regional tensions.
- International SOS warned Monday that clashes began late Sunday, advising deferring travel within 30 miles of the border as about 400,000 people were evacuated and more than 50,000 sought shelters while 18 Cambodian prisoners of war release was halted.
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Although US President Donald Trump had brokered the peace deal, Thai military forces released a video that they say shows the aftermath of an attack near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Aerial footage of the Thai army shows the attack on a compound near the border in the area. Mrs. Ngue. Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting on the border? Thai forces announced on Tuesday they used tank fire to destroy the compound that was located d…
State Dept. ‘concerned’ about fighting threatening Trump-brokered Thailand, Cambodia ceasefire
The State Department called on Cambodian and Thai forces to cease hostilities, as fighting between the two sides threatens a ceasefire backed by President Trump earlier this year. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is “concerned” by the fighting in a Monday press release. Combat between the two sides restarted Sunday after a…
The intensification of deadly fighting and the displacement of civilians across the common border illustrates the limits of the ceasefire agreement signed in October under the patronage of Donald Trump.
Travelers should avoid the 800-kilometer border.
Thailand and Cambodia are fighting again, leaving a Trump-brokered peace agreement on brink of collapse
Armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day on Tuesday, both sides said, in defiance of calls from the United States to stop fighting and adhere to a months-old Trump-backed peace deal that now looks on the brink of complete collapse.
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