Border conflict: Printing of the United States on Thailand and Cambodia grows before meetings

Shortly before a meeting of the heads of government in Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia, international pressure on the parties to the conflict is growing. The aim is to “achieve an immediate ceasefire,” wrote US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio on X. There were heavy fights on the border between the two neighboring countries on Thursday. There are deaths and injuries on both sides, tens of thousands of people are on the run.

Representatives of the US State Department are on site in Malaysia to support peace efforts, Rubio continued. Both US President Donald Trump and he himself were in contact with the respective counterparts in both countries and observed the situation very precisely. “We want this conflict to end as soon as possible,” emphasized Rubio. Both sides have accused the violence since the beginning of the battles.

The meeting between the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s transitional Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai is said to take place in the afternoon (local time) in Putrajaya. Malaysia is the chair of the Southeast Asian community of Asean this year. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had spoken to his counterpart from Thailand and Cambodia shortly after the fights began and offered themselves as an intermediary.

Hun Manet wrote on Facebook that representatives of China would also take part in the meeting. “I will lead the Cambodian delegation to a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur, which is organized by Malaysia and co -organized by the USA, with the participation of China,” he emphasized.

Trump had already phoned both heads of the government on Saturday and then wrote on the Truth Social platform: “They agreed to meet immediately and quickly work out peace and ultimately peace!” He added that there would be no negotiations regarding his threatened tariffs as long as both states fought. Trump had previously announced that they wanted to prove the two countries with tariffs of 36 percent in early August.

King says birthday celebrations

Meanwhile, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn canceled all official celebrations on the occasion of his 73rd birthday, as the broadcaster Thai PBS reported. The celebrations should last until Tuesday. The decision was made because “the government, the military and all areas of society, given the continuing border conflicts, have to concentrate their efforts to protect national sovereignty, the defense of the country and the security of the population,” it said.