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Fighting continued along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that both countries had agreed to a ceasefire. Earlier, Trump said that Thai and Cambodian leaders had once again agreed to immediately renew their ceasefire agreement following a week of deadly border clashes. He also noted that both leaders had agreed to return to the original peace accord signed in October this year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Thai officials said that no ceasefire agreement has been reached, and Cambodia has yet to comment on Trump’s claim. Instead, Cambodia’s Defence Ministry reported that Thai fighter jets carried out airstrikes earlier today. Meanwhile, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that Malaysia, in its role as ASEAN chair, will convene a Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting soon to address the escalating Cambodia-Thailand border tensions.