Planned talks come as Southeast Asian leaders urge both countries to show ‘maximum restraint’ and return to dialogue.
Published On 22 Dec 2025
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold a meeting of defence officials later this week as regional leaders push for an end to deadly violence along the two countries’ shared border.
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow announced the planned talks on Monday after a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, who were trying to salvage a ceasefire.
Recommended Stories
list of 3 items
- list 1 of 3Video: What’s behind Thailand and Cambodia’s border dispute?
- list 2 of 3Clashes erupt on Thailand-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks
- list 3 of 3Can diplomacy end the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia?
end of list
That truce was first brokered by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chair Malaysia and United States President Donald Trump after cross-border fighting broke out in July.
Sihasak told reporters that this week’s discussions would be held on Wednesday in Thailand’s Chanthaburi, within the framework of an existing bilateral border committee.
But just hours after the regional crisis talks were held in Malaysia, Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence said the Thai military deployed fighter jets to bomb areas of Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces.
The Thai army said Cambodia had fired dozens of rockets into Thailand, with Bangkok’s air force responding with air strikes on two Cambodian military targets.
Thailand and Cambodia have engaged in daily exchanges of rocket and artillery fire along their 817km (508-mi