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United States President Donald Trump said on July 26 that Thailand and Cambodia agreed to promptly start ceasefire negotiations after three days of border clashes.
“Both Parties are looking for an immediate Ceasefire and Peace … They have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE,” Trump, who is currently on a visit to Scotland, wrote on Truth Social after speaking with leaders of the two countries on the phone.
The clashes broke out on July 24 morning following tensions over mine explosions that wounded several Thai troops in the Thai province of Ubon Ratchathani. The violence began at the ancient Ta Muen Thom temple site in the Thai province of Surin, which was claimed by Cambodia, before spreading out to other disputed border areas.
Thailand and Cambodia share a 817-kilometer border, largely mapped by the French when they controlled Cambodia as a colony.
Cambodia has previously sought a ruling from the United Nations International Court of Justice over disputed areas. However, Thailand does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated, including the sites of the ancient temples.
At least 35 people have so far been killed by the clashes, which saw Thailand deploying its fighter jets and drones with Cambodia responding by rocket fire.
Before announcing the ceasefire talks, Trump said he had spoken with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and his Thai counterpart in the hopes of brokering a truce. The U.S. The president linked his diplomatic outreach to ongoing trade talks with both countries.
“They are also looking to get back to the ‘Trading Table’ with the United States, which we think is inappropriate to do until such time as the fighting STOPS,” said Trump. “I look forward to concluding our Trading Agreements with both!”
“We happen to be, by coincidence, currently dealing on Trade with both Countries, but do not want to make any Deal, with either Country, if they are fighting — And I have told them so!” he said in an earlier post.
On the first day of the clashes China offered to mediate. Later on the second day, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had said the two sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Cambodia has announced support for the proposal, while Thailand has said it agreed with it in principle.
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it really wouldn’t be surprising if the mine that hurt thai soldiers was in fact placed there by us agents (possibly from side of thailand) to provoke a conflict so that then trump can come along and milk both sides while presenting himself as a “mediator”…
please tell me you’re not serious.
as if phoney boloni isn’t obvious .
thailand, the country where a king is worshipped like a god and where you end up in jail if you step on a banknote with this king’s image, and cambodia, the country where the old dictator handed over the position of ruler to his son… would never force their people into this senseless war without the evil usa, because the usa and israel are to blame for everything. the thai god king and the son of the old dictator of cambodia are innocent, nice people, just like kim jong un.
very naive, good try, totally stupid though .america’s every kings enemy really regardless of how they play the game on the surface .
the thai king is better for the thai people then any goofy ass dumbocratic government the proles would ‘elect’ under the “guidance” of the batshit crazy us state department
we were all better off under kings, all democracy has brought is mass migration, population decline, and extinction.
sometimes i think that a nuclear war wouldn’t be a bad thing, or an asteroid or something like that…especially when i read the comments on sf.
like yours?
you’re the real opportunist as promoter of hate .
i thought it was a ned/usaid/cia driven fight in the first place. they have woken up to ‘silk road and belt’ and us do not like it. cambodia is ‘team china’ the cia have links to thailand’s torture prison, do they not? just like they had similar in poland.
drumpf the paedophile…
there’s anuz retentive oozing out of ‘his crack .couldn’t keep.it in .
not the only us president to embrace epstein, let alone join him on his island. same with majority of the western leaders. why do pedos end up in positions of power, in government funded institutions or parliaments who are meant to work for the people?
trump knows how they play the games he’s in scotland visting keir starmer for official.trade talks ,he’s doing a deal with the kings government to spread peace not war .he’s not an agent provocateur.
trump is a shabbos goy, just a front man for the jewish banking cartel and the military industrial complex. the only ones who will end up with anything under any (((western))) government are the oligarchs
if trump wasn’t an agent provocateur he wouldn’t have made arch war monger rubio secretary of state. even if trump didnt want war, to get the gop senators votes he needs to kow tow to everything thing they are paid to do, including wars for israel and the jewish oligarch interests
really? he is an idiot with an out of control ego. so he will fit in perfectly with charlie boy and starmer. what has happened to the ukrainian rent boys and the arson attacks, that are allegedly linked to starmer?
so which nation will the us try to attack in the middle of the ceasefire agreements?