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03/08/2025

Press Release from the Spokesperson of the
Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia Phnom Penh, 3 August 2025

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia would like to inform the general public and the international community that, according to received information at 10:49 a.m. on 3 August 2025, the Thai military, in cooperation with Thai authorities, has instructed its remaining civilians in the border area of Surin Province to evacuate by tonight.

The same sources also confirmed that the Thai military plans to launch attacks along the border starting from the Tamone Thom Temple, Ta Krabey Temple, Preah Vihear Temple, up to the Anseh area. These attacks are expected to commence soon, prior to the scheduled meeting of the Extraordinary Meeting of the General Border Committee (GBC) on 7 August 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This planned offensive constitutes a violation of the territorial sovereignty of Cambodia before the GBC meeting, and it is a serious breach of the ceasefire agreement mutually agreed upon by both countries on 28 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, with Malaysia, the United States, and China as witnesses.

Cambodia appeals to the international community to help prevent this at all costs and urges the Thai side to immediately stop its planned aggression, if this information is true, and to respect the ceasefire agreement fully for the sake of peace and stability along the border areas of both countries and the entire region.

27/07/2025

On the night of Saturday, 26 July 2025, I had a phone discussion with Honorable Donald Trump, President of the United States, regarding the armed clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border.

During the conversation, the President of the United States expressed his desire not to see war or fighting that would lead to many deaths and injuries on both sides, including soldiers and civilians. For this reason, he has always strived to mediate and successfully ended conflicts in many countries around the world.

Regarding the fighting between the Cambodian and Thai armed forces, Honorable President Donald Trump also wished to see an immediate ceasefire and peace between the two countries.

In response, I made it clear to Honorable President Donald Trump that Cambodia agreed with the proposal for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire between the two armed forces. In fact, I had previously expressed this position to His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and current rotating Chair of ASEAN, on 24 July 2025.

After he had spoken with His Excellency Phumtham Wechayachai, the acting Prime Minister of Thailand, Honorable President Donald Trump conveyed to me a positive piece of news that the Thai side also agreed to Honorable President's proposal for an immediate ceasefire. This is positive news for the soldiers and people of both countries.

I hope that the Thai side will not reverse position as they did with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coordination effort on 24 July.

I have assigned His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to discuss with Honorable Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, and for him to help coordinate with Thai minister of foreign affairs to quickly implement the agreed principles with the goal of putting an end to the deaths and injuries of soldiers and civilians on both sides.

I would like to thank Honorable President Donald Trump for his initiative and mediation to find an immediate ceasefire and peace between Cambodia and Thailand. This excellent outcome will truly help protect the lives of many soldiers and civilians that could have been lost or injured in the fighting, and will help hundreds of thousands of refugees return to their villages to continue their daily lives in a safe and peaceful manner.

#ហ៊ុនម៉ាណែត
#កម្ពុជា

25/07/2025

Statement by the Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia
On Thailand’s Aggression Against the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of the Kingdom of Cambodia
25 July 2025

25/07/2025

Given some unclear reporting in various international news outlets regarding Cambodia’s position on the ceasefire proposed by His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and the rotating ASEAN Chair, I am obliged to clarify as follows:

Yesterday evening, on 24 July 2025, His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and the rotating ASEAN Chair, requested a phone conversation with me to discuss the fighting between the Cambodian and Thai militaries along the border.

He expressed his concern over the conflict and his desire for an immediate ceasefire to pave way for a resolution between the two sides.

I made it clear to His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim that Cambodia agreed with his proposal for a ceasefire because Cambodia did not initiate this fighting.

An initial response I received from His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim after he spoke with His Excellency Phumtham Wechayachai, acting Prime Minister of Thailand, was that the Thai side had agreed to his proposal for a ceasefire, setting 12:00 AM on 24 July 2025 as the time for both sides to cease the fighting.

However, it is regrettable that just over an hour later, the Thai side informed that they had reversed their position from agreeing to the ceasefire at 12:00 AM on 24 July 2025, to not agreeing and waiting for a later date. His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim is well aware of this situation.

Therefore, the key to resolving the current armed conflict between Thailand and Cambodia is the genuine willingness of the Thai side to accept a ceasefire, which is the first step towards funding further solutions between the two countries.

#ហ៊ុនម៉ាណែត
#កម្ពុជា

25/07/2025

Preah Vihear Province, July 25, 2025
Thailand’s armed aggression against Cambodian territorial integrity by dropping bombs by F-16 aircraft and cluster bombs, along with other heavy weapons, on Cambodia, especially targeting civilian areas, hitting temples, heritage sites, and civilian bases. So far, approximately 11,558 families are temporarily staying in various safety centers in Preah Vihear Province. In Oddar Meanchey Province, there are approximately 2,400 displaced families as the war of aggression on Cambodian territory by the Thai military continues to erupt into violence for the second day!

uses its right to defend itself

25/07/2025

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura told Reuters that the United States and China, two world powers, and Malaysia, which currently holds the rotating ASEAN chair, have offered to mediate talks to end the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, but Thailand has rejected the offer, saying it wants to end the dispute through bilateral talks.

#កម្ពុជាប្រើសិទ្ធការពារខ្លួន #ថៃជាអ្នកផ្តើមសង្គ្រាម #ប្រទេសថៃបាញ់កម្ពុជាមុន #ไทยเป็นผู้เริ่มสงคราม #ហ៊ុនម៉ាណែត

25/07/2025

Thailand Drops Cluster Munitions, Damages Cambodian Temples and Towns

Phnom Penh: Cambodian towns and temples along the border have been damaged by Thailand’s use of cluster munitions, which violates the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). This was reported by Ms. Mali Socheata, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, at a press conference on the latest developments in Thailand’s invasion of Cambodia at 12:30 PM on July 25.

According to Ms. Mali Socheata, the Thai side has used heavy weapons to attack Cambodia, especially the use of cluster munitions, which violates the Convention on Cluster Munitions and violates human rights. The spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense calls on the international community to condemn Thailand’s invasion of Cambodia without hesitation and to immediately stop this barbaric act.

25/07/2025

🇰🇭 Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
នៅថ្ងៃទី 24 ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ 2025
ប្រទេសថៃបានបាញ់កាំជ្រួចចំនួន 6 ដំបូងចូលក្នុងដែនកម្ពុជា មុន។ ដូច្នេះ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមានសិទ្ធិដោយស្របច្បាប់ក្នុងការការពារខ្លួនឯង និងការពារអធិបតេយ្យភាព និងអធិបតេយ្យនៃទឹកដីជាតិរបស់ខ្លួន។

🇺🇸 United States (English)
On 24 July 2025,
Thailand launched six missiles into Cambodian territory first. As a result, Cambodia has the legitimate right to defend itself and protect its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

🇨🇳 Chinese (中文)
2025年7月24日，
泰国率先向柬埔寨领土发射了六枚导弹。因此，柬埔寨有合法权利进行自卫，并捍卫其国家主权和领土完整。

🇷🇺 Russian (Русский)
24 июля 2025
года Таиланд первым запустил шесть ракет по территории Камбоджи. В связи с этим Камбоджа имеет законное право на самооборону и защиту своего государственного суверенитета и территориальной целостности.

🇫🇷 French (Français)
Le 24 juillet 2025,
la Thaïlande a lancé en premier six missiles sur le territoire cambodgien. En conséquence, le Cambodge a le droit légitime de se défendre et de protéger sa souveraineté nationale ainsi que l’intégrité de son territories.

🇯🇵 Japanese (日本語)
2025年7月24日、
タイは最初にカンボジアの領土に向けてミサイル6発を発射しました。その結果、カンボジアには自国の主権と領土の一体性を守るために正当な自衛権があります。

🇰🇷 Korean (한국어)
2025년 7월 24일,
태국이 먼저 캄보디아 영토에 미사일 6기를 발사했습니다. 이에 따라 캄보디아는 자국의 주권과 영토 보전을 수호하기 위해 정당하게 자위권을 행사할 권리가 있습니다.

#ប្រទេសថៃបាញ់កម្ពុជាមុន
#កម្ពុជាប្រើសិទ្ធការពារខ្លួន

#ថៃជាអ្នកផ្តើមសង្គ្រាម

#ไทยเป็นผู้เริ่มสงคราม

25/07/2025

The United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on Friday to address the deadly border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, diplomatic sources confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

24/07/2025

Cambodian, Thai troops exchange fire at border after Thai attack

On the morning of July 24, 2025, Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire along the Cambodian-Thai border in Oddar Meanchey province. Ms. Maly Socheata, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Defense, said that the Thai troops opened fire on the Cambodian troops first. Therefore, the Cambodian army exercised its right to defend itself in its sovereignty and territorial integrity against the aggression of the Thai army, which violated the territorial integrity of Cambodia.

30/06/2025

On the morning of 29 June 2025, Cambodian authorities received information about Thai requests in Sa Kaeo province for the re-opening of certain Cambodia-Thailand border crossings to allow the passage of goods-carrying trucks in order to reduce the impact on people’s livelihood.
I would like to inform the people of both countries as follows:
1. Cambodia fully understands the difficulties faced by both Cambodian and Thai people, resulted from any closure of border crossings. This is the reason why since the incident at MOM BEI area took place in late May 2025, Cambodia had never initiated border closure measures as we did not intend to create negative effects on cross-border travel or trade between both Cambodian and Thai people.
2. Cambodia did not initiate unilateral border closure and control measures. The Thai army UNILATERALLY began to close border crossings, made changes to border openning-closing hours, and imposed conditions to restrict movement of goods and people since 7 June 2025. Furthermore, the Thai military has continued to unilaterally change operational hours at certain border crossings until 24 June 2025, when the Royal Thai Government announced unilateral closures of all crossings for security reasons.
3. Ambiguity, sudden changes, and uncertainty in the political stance of the Royal Thai Government, together with inconsistencies between policy guidelines issued by Thai political leadership and actual implementations on the ground by the Thai military, have been obstacles to finding a certain, genuine, and lasting solution.
4. As I have repeatedly stated, the border closure issue can easily be resolved if the Thai side, who initiated the unilateral border closure on 7 June 2025, would unilaterally reopen border crossings to its original status and clearly assure that no unilateral closure would be done again. The reopening of border crossings from Cambodian side will follow, no more than five hours afterwards. In short, the key to resolving this border closure issue is in Thai hands.
For these reasons, any Thai authority and people seeking to request the reopening of the Cambodia-Thailand border crossings do not need to ask Cambodia, but do direct the request to individuals who hold real power in Thailand, whether the Thai military or anyone else, to reopen the border crossings to normalcy before 7 June 2025 and provide assurance that no unilateral border crossing is to be implemented again. Then, the situation will return to normalcy as before.

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#កម្ពុជា

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