GLASGOW (Kashmir English): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to start negotiations for an immediate ceasefire.
He said the leaders of both nations have agreed to quickly work out a ceasefire, as he sought to broker peace after three days of fighting along their border left at least 33 people dead.
In a series of social media posts during a visit to Scotland, President Trump said he had spoken to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, warning them that the US would not make trade deals with either of their governments if the border conflict continued – in a quite similar fashion he used to stop Pak-India war.
Earlier, Trump’s senior aides urged both sides to show restraint and then he became directly involved on Saturday, speaking to each leader and saying he relayed messages back and forth.
“Just spoke to the prime minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the war with Thailand,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.
“I have just spoken to the acting prime minister of Thailand, and it was a very good conversation,” he said soon after in a new post. “Thailand, like Cambodia, wants to have an immediate ceasefire and peace.
“I am now going to relay that message back to the prime minister of Cambodia. After speaking to both parties, [a] ceasefire, peace, and prosperity seems to be a natural”
“They have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a ceasefire and, ultimately, peace!” Trump wrote later, saying both countries wanted to get back to the “Trading Table”.
US president Donald Trump has sought to reach separate deals with dozens of countries in response to his announcement of wide-ranging tariffs on imports to the US.
“When all is done, and Peace is at hand, I look forward to concluding our Trading Agreements with both!” Trump said.
The US president, however, offered no details on the ceasefire negotiations he said leadership of both nations had agreed to hold.
Thailand-Cambodia clash
Both the countries clashed for a third day on Saturday, as the death toll from their bloodiest fighting in years rose to 33 and Phnom Penh called for an “immediate ceasefire”.
