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I am calling the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, right now, to likewise request a Ceasefire, and END to the War, which is currently raging,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday The US is currently engaged in trade negotiations with both nations,
Thailand and Cambodia clashed for a fourth day on Sunday, despite US President Donald Trump warning them they are risking potential trade deals with the US. The US president said on Saturday the leaders of the two countries had agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire.
"The U.S. already flunked the test and that should be a wakeup call," a former senior U.S. State Department official told Newsweek.
The latest flare-up started on Thursday, with intense fighting spreading across multiple border areas. Early Saturday, Thailand’s navy joined the army in repelling what it described as incursions by Cambodian troops at three points in eastern Trat province.
Royal Thai Army soldiers are seen on armored vehicles on a road in Chachoengsao province on July 24, 2025. Thailand reportedly launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on the day, and Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbors. Photo: VCG
BEIJING: China has officially denied recent allegations that it has supplied any military weapons or support to the Cambodian Armed Forces amid the current Thai–Cambodian border conflict.
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as their worst fighting in over a decade intensified and spread to new areas.
Tensions have bubbled between the two neighbors for months, flaring on Thursday as Cambodia and Thailand exchanged fire.