Key points
- Trump, Chinese leadership were in close contact with Thai, Cambodian leaders: Anwar
- Talks between the two countries hosted by Malaysia
- The fighting killed 35 people and displaced more than 270,000
ISLAMABAD: Thailand and Cambodia will enter into an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight on Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced.
“Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from 24 hours local time, midnight on 28th July 2025, tonight,” Anwar said after mediation talks in Malaysia, according to AFP.
Anwar said that US President Donald Trump as well as the Chinese leadership, were in close contact with the leaders of both countries, as well as Malaysia, “to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict”.
The talks between the two warring Southeast Asian countries hosted by Anwar were aimed at halting fighting that has killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 270,000 people from both sides of the Thailand-Cambodia border, according to Al Jazeera.
The ambassadors of the United States and China were also present at the meeting, the Malaysian official said.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai have agreed to “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from… midnight of 28 July,” Anwar said as he read out a joint statement.
Hun Manet and Phuntam hailed the outcome of the meeting and shook hands at the conclusion of the brief press conference.
“The solutions that PM [Anwar] Ibrahim just announced will set a condition for moving forward for our bilateral discussion to return to normalcy of the relationship,” Cambodian PM Hun Manet announced after peace talks brokered by the Malaysian premier.
The Southeast Asian neighbours waging their deadliest conflict in more than a decade accuse each other of starting the fighting last week, before escalating it with heavy artillery bombardment and Thai air strikes along their 817-km (508-mile) land border.
More than 200,000 people have fled the frontier as the two exchanged artillery, rockets and gunfire in the long-disputed area, according to AFP.
A series of motorcades, including some sporting US and Chinese flags, arrived at Seri Perdana, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim´s official residence, on Monday afternoon, AFP reported.
Today’s meeting comes after US President Donald Trump intervened, making a late-night weekend call to both Southeast Asian leaders, who he said agreed to “quickly work out” a truce.
Ibrahim, whose country currently chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is mediating, while US State Department officials and a Chinese delegation were also present.
Ahead of the talks, Thailand and Cambodia traded fresh fire and accusations.
Phumtham said Bangkok did not believe Phnom Penh “is acting in good faith.”
Meanwhile, Cambodia’s defence ministry spokeswoman Maly Socheata said Monday was “the fifth day that Thailand has invaded Cambodia’s territory with heavy weapons and with the deployment of a lot of troops”.
