Thailand has temporarily halted the implementation of the peace agreement with Cambodia, international news agencies reported on Monday. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s announcement follows a new incident at the border between the two countries on Monday, in which two Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine explosion.
“The hostility towards our national security has not diminished as we expected,” Charnvirakul said. He is suspending implementation of the peace agreement until Thailand’s demands are met – although he has not made it clear what those demands are exactly. Cambodia says it will continue to adhere to the peace agreement, writes the English-language Cambodian news site Khmer Times.
This concerns a peace agreement that the two countries signed at the end of October, under the watchful eye of US President Donald Trump. He claims to have ended this conflict. But according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was also present at the signing, Trump was only there to watch.
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In July, the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia escalated, resulting in several days of mutual shelling and several dozen deaths. Tens of thousands of people in the border areas also had to leave their homes. The sides agreed to a provisional ceasefire, eventually ratifying the ceasefire at a summit of the Southeast Asian international partnership AESEAN in Malaysia in late October.
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