{"id":443377,"date":"2025-12-13T00:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/443377\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T00:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:27:19","slug":"thai-and-cambodian-leaders-agree-to-renew-ceasefire-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/443377\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire, Trump says"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/a> said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes<\/a> had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey 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,\u201d Trump said in his Truth Social posting.<\/p>\n

Thai and Cambodian officials offered no immediate comment following Trump\u2019s announcement. Anutin, after speaking with Trump but before the U.S. president\u2019s social media posting, said he reiterated to Trump that Thailand\u2019s position<\/a> was to keep fighting until Cambodia no longer poses a threat to its sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Trump, a Republican, said that Ibrahim played an important role in helping him push Thailand and Cambodia to once again agree to stop fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my Honor to work with Anutin and Hun in resolving what could have evolved into a major War between two otherwise wonderful and prosperous Countries!\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel.<\/p>\n


\n Follow on
\n \"WhatsApp\"\/
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

The original ceasefire<\/a> in July was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed. It was formalized in more detail in October at a regional meeting in Malaysia that Trump attended.<\/p>\n

Despite the deal, the two countries carried on a bitter propaganda war and minor cross-border violence continued.<\/p>\n

The roots of the Thai-Cambodian border conflict<\/a> lie in a history of enmity over competing territorial claims. These claims largely stem from a 1907 map created while Cambodia was under French colonial rule, which Thailand maintains is inaccurate. Tensions were exacerbated by a 1962 International Court of Justice ruling that awarded sovereignty to Cambodia, which still riles many Thais.<\/p>\n

Thailand has deployed jet fighters to carry out airstrikes on what it says are military targets. Cambodia has deployed BM-21 rocket launchers with a range of 30-40 kilometers (19-25 miles).<\/p>\n

According to data collected by public broadcaster ThaiPBS, at least six of the Thai soldiers who were killed were hit by rocket shrapnel.<\/p>\n

The Thai army\u2019s northeastern regional command said Thursday that some residential areas and homes near the border were damaged by BM-21 rocket launchers from Cambodian forces.<\/p>\n

The Thai army also said it destroyed a tall crane atop a hill held by Cambodia where the centuries-old Preah Vihear temple is located, because it allegedly held electronic and optical devices used for military command and control purposes.<\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly made the exaggerated claim<\/a> that he has helped solve eight conflicts, including the one between Thailand and Cambodia, since returning to office in January, as evidence of his negotiating prowess. And he\u2019s not been shy about his desire to be recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n

In an exchange with reporters later Friday, Trump credited his administration with doing a \u201ca very good job\u201d with its push to stem the renewed fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we got it, I think, straightened out today,\u201d Trump said as he hosted members of the 1980 U.S. men\u2019s hockey team in the Oval Office. \u201cSo Thailand and Cambodia is in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another ceasefire that Trump takes credit for working out, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, is also under strain \u2014 just after the leaders of the African nations traveled to Washington to sign a peace deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A joint statement released by the International Contact Group for the Great Lakes expressed \u201cprofound concern\u201d over the situation in Congo\u2019s South Kivu region, where new deadly violence<\/a> blamed on the Rwandan-backed M23 militia group has exploded in recent days.<\/p>\n

The Great Lakes contact group \u2014 which includes Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and the European Union \u2014 has urged all sides \u201cto uphold their commitments\u201d under the deal signed last week and \u201cimmediately de-escalate the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Trump\u2019s internationally endorsed plan<\/a> to end the Israel-Hamas war<\/a> in Gaza is still not finalized and in limbo, with sporadic fighting continuing<\/a> while a critical second phase<\/a> remains a work in progress.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP writers Jintamas Saksornchai in Buriram, Thailand, Grant Peck in Bangkok and Matthew Lee contributed reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":443378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39941,13214,19446,92768,69,57,2055,51746,3464,373,50,80,11843,17915,96,93,103,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-443377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-anwar-ibrahim","9":"tag-asia-pacific","10":"tag-cambodia","11":"tag-cambodia-government","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-government-and-politics","15":"tag-hun-manet","16":"tag-international-agreements","17":"tag-israel-hamas-war","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-thailand","21":"tag-thailand-government","22":"tag-war-and-unrest","23":"tag-washington-news","24":"tag-world","25":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115709428583706174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}