Trump Talks With Thailand and Cambodia Leaders, Says They Will Negotiate a Ceasefire
Cambodian soldiers ride on a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, 25 July 2025. Photo: EFE/EPA/KITH SEREY
July 26, 2025 Hour: 5:52 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump said this Saturday, after speaking with the heads of government of Thailand and Cambodia, that both parties “have agreed to meet immediately and quickly negotiate a ceasefire” to resolve the clashes on their common border.
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“I just had an excellent conversation with the Prime Minister of Cambodia and informed him of my conversations with Thailand and its interim Prime Minister. Both parties are seeking an immediate ceasefire and peace,” begins the message published by Trump on his social network, Truth Social.
The two governments “have agreed to meet immediately and quickly negotiate a ceasefire and, ultimately, peace!” Trump said after speaking separately with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai interim Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
“(Both countries) also wish to return to the trade negotiation table with the United States, which we consider inappropriate until the fighting ceases,” the message adds, referring to the so-called “reciprocal tariffs” that Trump has imposed on his various trading partners and which will take effect on August 1.
The two Southeast Asian neighbors have initially been imposed with tariffs of 36%, which will become effective on the aforementioned date.
“It has been an honor to deal with both countries. They have a long and rich history and culture. We hope they get along for many years. When everything is resolved and peace is near, I look forward to concluding our trade agreements with both,” concludes the text of the American president.
The conflict, the start of which Bangkok accuses Phnom Penh of and vice versa, broke out on Thursday, in a resurgence of the historical territorial dispute that both nations maintain over the dividing line originally drawn by the French colonization of Indochina.
The armies of both countries engaged in hostilities this Saturday, for the third consecutive day, despite the apparent willingness to reach a ceasefire.
Source: EFE
