Cambodia, Thailand defence officials to meet on Dec 24 for truce talks, says Thai foreign minister

Cambodia, Thailand defence officials to meet on Dec 24 for truce talks, says Thai foreign minister

Cambodia, Thailand defence officials to meet on Dec 24 for truce talks, says Thai foreign minister
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Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said neither the US nor China were involved in the decision for discussions between the two countries to resume.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said that the two countries agreed to hold talks using their General Border Committee.

KUALA LUMPUR – Defence officials from Thailand and Cambodia will meet on Dec 24 to discuss the possibility of resuming a ceasefire between the two countries, Thailand’s top diplomat said on Dec 22, as border fighting entered a third week.

The decision was taken on Dec 22 during a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur of South-east Asian foreign ministers, who were seeking to salvage a truce first brokered by ASEAN chair Malaysia and US President Donald Trump after a previous round of clashes in July.

The two countries agreed to hold talks using their General Border Committee, an established bilateral mechanism, with Thailand proposing that it takes place at the border line in the Thai province of Chanthaburi, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told a briefing in Kuala Lumpur.

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