28/07/2025
Source: Reuters News
Talks underway between Thai and Cambodian leaders, Malaysian official says
By Huey Mun Leong and Danial Azhar
July 28, 20252:54 PM GMT+7Updated 46 mins ago
Item 1 of 6 Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim looks on as Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai take part in mediation talks on the Thailand–Cambodia border conflict, in Putrajaya, Malaysia July 28, 2025. Mohd Rasfan/Pool via REUTERS
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Summary
Malaysia hosts talks with US and China involvement
Cambodia says purpose of talks in immediate ceasefire
Thailand doubts Cambodia's sincerity in resolving border dispute
Cambodia, Thailand report fighting for a fifth day
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, July 28 (Reuters) - The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand arrived in Malaysia on Monday for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in their fierce border conflict, a Malaysian official said, amid an international effort to halt the fighting which entered a fifth day.
The ambassadors to Malaysia of the United States and China were also present at the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya, the official said. It is being hosted at the residence of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the chair of the regional bloc ASEAN.
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Both Thailand and Cambodia accuse the other of starting the fighting last week and then escalating the clashes with heavy artillery bombardment at multiple locations along their 817-km (508-mile) land border, the deadliest conflict in more than a decade between the Southeast Asian neighbours.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet had earlier said the talks were co-organised by Malaysia and the United States, and that China would also take part in them.
