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. VERBATIM: President Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with the […]
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White House Brokers Ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand
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.
VERBATIM:
President Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with the Prime Ministers of Thaliand and Cambodia.
The Republican President said that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim played an important role in helping him push Thailand and Cambodia to once again agree to cease fighting.
The original ceasefire in July was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from Mr. Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed. It was formalized in more detail in October at a regional meeting in Malaysia that Trump attended.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.