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Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says
Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.
President Trump helped end a simmering conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in the summer, but the ceasefire didn't last long.
President Donald Trump said Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to stop fighting, after speaking with the leaders of the two countries to urge them to end the “very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running War.
President Trump is expected to speak with Thailand’s prime minister on Friday, as he seeks burnish his self-styled image as a peacemaker by intervening in a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that entered its fifth day.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year.
The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.
Malaysia is coordinating efforts to ease tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to halt all hostilities along the disputed borders, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said both countries requested a brief postponement of the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting,
Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting on Friday following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.