{"id":55040,"date":"2025-07-28T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/thailand-and-cambodia-reach-immediate-ceasefire-agreement\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:02:53","slug":"thailand-and-cambodia-reach-immediate-ceasefire-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/thailand-and-cambodia-reach-immediate-ceasefire-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand and Cambodia reach immediate ceasefire agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to media reports, the meeting on Monday brought together Thailand\u2019s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia\u2019s Prime Minister Hun Manet in an effort to halt fighting that has killed at least 35 people and displaced over 270,000 from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar described the outcome as a positive step toward peace, with the ceasefire set to take effect at midnight on July 28 (1200 GMT). He added that military commanders from both countries will meet Tuesday to discuss further de-escalation.<\/p>\n<p>US and Chinese diplomats were present, with Anwar noting that leaders from both nations, including US President Donald Trump, played a role in supporting the peace process.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Manet praised the talks, expressing hope that the ceasefire would help rebuild trust between the neighbors. Meanwhile, Phumtham affirmed Thailand\u2019s commitment to the agreement, despite earlier doubts about Cambodia\u2019s intentions.<\/p>\n<p>Recent clashes included rocket fire by Cambodia into Thailand\u2019s Sisaket province, and accusations from both sides of troop buildups and attacks near contested temple sites.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia\u2019s defense spokesperson accused Thai forces of using heavy weapons and smoke bombs in the disputed areas but said Cambodian troops successfully repelled the assaults.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91645\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/may-3.jpg\" alt=\"The meeting on Monday brought together Thailand\u2019s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia\u2019s Prime Minister Hun Manet in an effort to halt fighting that has killed at least 35 people and displaced over 270,000 from both sides. Photo by AP\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end deadly clashes along their disputed border, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced after hosting talks in Putrajaya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000091644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091644,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/may.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55040"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55040"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}