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Trump Says Thailand-Cambodia Fighting “Will Stop Momentarily”
(MENAFN) Donald Trump declared Sunday that hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia have ceased, with both Southeast Asian nations committing to restore peaceful relations under a freshly inked ceasefire pact.
The announcement came via Trump's Truth Social account, where the US President stated: "I am pleased to announce that the breakout fighting between Thailand and Cambodia will stop momentarily, and they will go back to living in peace, as per our recently agreed to original treaty."
The American leader praised both governments for their swift diplomatic resolution, saying: "It was fast & decisive, as all of these situations should be!" He commended the nations' leadership for their "brilliance in coming to this rapid and very fair conclusion."
Trump seized the opportunity to criticize the United Nations, suggesting Washington has effectively superseded the international organization's peacekeeping role. "With all of the wars and conflicts I have settled and stopped ... perhaps the United States has become the real United Nations, which has been of very little assistance or help in any of them," Trump said.
He further insisted the organization "must start getting active and involved in world peace."
The ceasefire pact, finalized Saturday, halts nearly three weeks of violence that claimed approximately 99 lives and forced close to 1 million people from their homes near the contested border region.
Combat operations reignited December 8, just one day following a frontier incident that injured two Thai military personnel. Thai forces ultimately lost 26 soldiers plus one civilian in the fighting.
Thai officials reported that as many as 41 additional non-combatants perished from "collateral effects."
Cambodia's Interior Ministry confirmed 31 Cambodian civilians were killed during the violence.
The agreement reinforces an earlier truce that concluded five days of July bloodshed resulting in no fewer than 48 fatalities. That previous ceasefire was negotiated through diplomatic efforts by the US, China, and Malaysia, then officially ratified during an October regional summit in Kuala Lumpur.
The announcement came via Trump's Truth Social account, where the US President stated: "I am pleased to announce that the breakout fighting between Thailand and Cambodia will stop momentarily, and they will go back to living in peace, as per our recently agreed to original treaty."
The American leader praised both governments for their swift diplomatic resolution, saying: "It was fast & decisive, as all of these situations should be!" He commended the nations' leadership for their "brilliance in coming to this rapid and very fair conclusion."
Trump seized the opportunity to criticize the United Nations, suggesting Washington has effectively superseded the international organization's peacekeeping role. "With all of the wars and conflicts I have settled and stopped ... perhaps the United States has become the real United Nations, which has been of very little assistance or help in any of them," Trump said.
He further insisted the organization "must start getting active and involved in world peace."
The ceasefire pact, finalized Saturday, halts nearly three weeks of violence that claimed approximately 99 lives and forced close to 1 million people from their homes near the contested border region.
Combat operations reignited December 8, just one day following a frontier incident that injured two Thai military personnel. Thai forces ultimately lost 26 soldiers plus one civilian in the fighting.
Thai officials reported that as many as 41 additional non-combatants perished from "collateral effects."
Cambodia's Interior Ministry confirmed 31 Cambodian civilians were killed during the violence.
The agreement reinforces an earlier truce that concluded five days of July bloodshed resulting in no fewer than 48 fatalities. That previous ceasefire was negotiated through diplomatic efforts by the US, China, and Malaysia, then officially ratified during an October regional summit in Kuala Lumpur.
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