Thai and Cambodian leaders are set to hold talks on Monday in a bid to end the deadliest clash between the two Southeast Asian nations in over a decade.
Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet are scheduled to meet in Kuala Lumpur at 3pm local time (2pm Thailand time). The meeting will be at the office of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The first talks since clashes began on July 24 comes within 48 hours of US President Donald Trump saying Thai and Cambodian leaders had agreed to “quickly work out a ceasefire.”
After separate calls with Mr Phumtham and Hun Manet on Saturday, Trump had threatened that Washington will not do a trade deal with either country as long as the fighting continued.
The conflict, which escalated from months of simmering border tension, has killed more than 30 people and displaced over 150,000 civilians on both sides. Thailand has reported 22 fatalities, including eight soldiers, while Cambodia has confirmed 13 deaths, including five military personnel.
