(7 Aug 2025)
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Kuala Lumpur – 7 August 2025
1. Various of Malaysian, Cambodia and Thailand delegates posing for photos
2. Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Saifuddin Nasution (center), Thailand Deputy defense Minister Natthapon Nakpanich (right), Cambodia Defense Minister Tea Seiha (left with glasses)
3. Various of photo op
4. Mid of Nasution during meeting
5. Various of meeting
6. Close of sign reading (English): "Cambodia Thailand Extraordinary Meeting!"
STORYLINE:
Thai and Cambodian officials met in Malaysia on Thursday for further talks on a fragile ceasefire following days of fighting along the shared border.
The four-day General Border Committee meetings were initially due to be hosted by Cambodia, but both sides later agreed to a neutral venue in Malaysia, the annual chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which mediated the halt in hostilities last month.
The July 28 ceasefire followed economic pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, who had warned the warring nations that the U.S. would not conclude trade deals with them if the fighting persisted.
Washington lowered tariffs on goods from the two countries from 36% to 19% on August 1 following the truce.
Thailand and Cambodia have been feuding neighbors for centuries, since both were mighty empires.
In modern times, a 1962 ruling by the International Court of Justice awarding Cambodia the land on which the ancient Preah Vihear temple stands marked a new low point in relations, and other border territory remained claimed by both countries.
Fighting erupted in 2011 at Preah Vihaer, after which the ICJ in 2013 reaffirmed its earlier ruling, rankling Thailand.
Relations deteriorated again sharply in May this year, when a Cambodian soldier was shot dead in a brief fracas in one of the disputed border zones, setting off diplomatic and trade sanctions, one against the other.
Soon after two incidents last month in which Thai soldiers were wounded by land mines in disputed territory — for which Thailand blamed Cambodia — the two sides downgraded diplomatic relations and fighting broke out, each side blaming the other for starting the armed clashes.
The talks this week will include finalizing details and scope of reference for an ASEAN monitoring team, Malaysian Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Mohamad Nizam Jaffar said.
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