{"id":1968,"date":"2025-07-28T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/thailand-cambodia-hold-ceasefire-talks-in-malaysia-after-deadly-clashes\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:36:45","slug":"thailand-cambodia-hold-ceasefire-talks-in-malaysia-after-deadly-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/thailand-cambodia-hold-ceasefire-talks-in-malaysia-after-deadly-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand, Cambodia hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia after deadly clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talks between the warring Southeast Asian countries are aimed at halting fighting that has killed at least 35 people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ceasefire talks have started between Thai and Cambodian leaders in Malaysia in an urgent effort to resolve\u00a0deadly border clashes\u00a0that entered a fifth day despite mounting international calls for peace.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia\u2019s Prime Minister Hun Manet are holding ceasefire talks<\/a> on Monday in Malaysia\u2019s administrative capital of Putrajaya at the official residence of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the chair of the regional bloc ASEAN.<\/p>\n

The talks between the two warring Southeast Asian countries hosted by Anwar are aimed at halting fighting that has killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 270,000 from both sides of the Thailand-Cambodia border.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ambassadors of the United States<\/a> and China were also present at the meeting, the Malaysian official said on Monday, according to a report by the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

In a post on X earlier on Monday, Hun said the purpose of the talks is to achieve an immediate ceasefire in the conflict with Thailand.<\/p>\n

However, Phumtham, before departing Bangkok on Monday, told reporters: \u201cWe do not believe Cambodia is acting in good faith, based on their actions in addressing the issue. They need to demonstrate genuine intent, and we will assess that during the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, clashes broke out in several areas along Thailand\u2019s disputed border with Cambodia for a fifth day just hours ahead of the ceasefire talks.<\/p>\n

Thai army spokesperson Colonel Richa Suksuwanon told reporters earlier on Monday that fighting erupted along the border, as gunfire could be heard at dawn in Samrong in Cambodia\u2019s Oddar Meanchey province, The Associated Press news agency reported.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Thailand said one person was killed and another injured after Cambodia fired a rocket in Sisaket province.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s military also reported that Cambodian snipers were camping in one of the contested temples, and accused Phnom Penh of surging troops along the border and hammering Thai territory with rockets.<\/p>\n

Cambodia\u2019s Ministry of National Defence spokeswoman Maly Socheata on Monday accused Thailand of deploying \u201ca lot of troops\u201d and firing \u201cheavy weapons\u201d into the Cambodian territory.<\/p>\n

Socheata claimed that before dawn on Monday, the Thai military targeted areas near the ancient Ta Muen Thom and the Ta Kwai temples, which Cambodia claims are its territory but are being disputed by Thailand.<\/p>\n

She also accused the Thai military of firing smoke bombs from aircraft over Cambodian territory and heavy weapons at its soldiers, adding that Cambodian troops \u201cwere able to successfully repel the attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Cambodian soldiers seen on a truck equipped with a Russian-made BM-21 rocket launcher in Cambodia\u2019s northern Oddar Meanchey province bordering Thailand, July 27, 2025 [Tang Chhin Sothy\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Tony Cheng, reporting from Thailand\u2019s border province of Surin, said the mediators have been \u201cvery reluctant\u201d to acknowledge the holding of talks in the Malaysian capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Malaysian Foreign Ministry was incredibly nervous. Last week, they had said that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had brokered a peace deal only to be shot down very quickly by the Thai Foreign Ministry,\u201d Cheng said.<\/p>\n

Still, Cheng said a mounting death toll<\/a> and the number of displaced people could give the two leaders the \u201cmotivation\u201d to resolve the crisis peacefully.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said US officials \u201care on the ground in Malaysia to assist these peace efforts\u201d, while Anwar told domestic media he would focus on securing an \u201cimmediate ceasefire\u201d.<\/p>\n

China also welcomed efforts to end fighting and expressed hope that a ceasefire will be reached soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that both sides will start from the shared interests of their peoples, uphold the spirit of valuing peace and promoting good neighbourliness, remain calm and exercise restraint, cease fire and end the conflict as soon as possible,\u201d foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talks between the warring Southeast Asian countries are aimed at halting fighting that has killed at least 35 people. Ceasefire talks have started between Thai and Cambodian leaders in Malaysia in an urgent effort to resolve\u00a0deadly border clashes\u00a0that entered a fifth day despite mounting international calls for peace. Thailand\u2019s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}