Ceasefire
Thailand accuses Cambodia of “blatant violation”
The Thai Foreign Ministry denounces a “blatant violation” of the truce after a night attack.
Thai army soldiers sit in the back of a military vehicle in the border province of Surin, Thailand, July 29, 2025.
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Thailand accused Cambodia on Wednesday of “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire in force on Wednesday after several days of deadly clashes, and said that Cambodian soldiers had launched a night attack.
“This represents a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry denounced in a statement. “Such an act of aggression is once again a clear violation of the cease-fire agreement by Cambodian forces and their manifest lack of good faith,” added the same source.
On Tuesday, the Thai army had already accused its opponents of having violated the truce in multiple places, which Phnom Penh denied. The same day, military officials from the two parties met, as planned by the agreement.
The stubborn bitterness between Thailand and Cambodia are linked to a territorial dispute inherited from the time of French Indochina. The recent clashes, of an intensity rarely seen in recent decades, have spread over several fronts sometimes separated by hundreds of kilometers. They left at least 43 people dead and caused the movement of around 330,000 civilians, according to updated data on Tuesday.
The acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet agreed on a truce, entered into force on the night of Monday to Tuesday following Malaysian mediation, encouraged by the United States and China.
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