Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:08pm on 12 Dec 2025,Friday International
US President Donald Trump announced Thailand and Cambodia agreed to halt border hostilities starting Friday evening after separate conversations with Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian PM Hun Manet. Both leaders committed to immediately stopping gunfire and returning to the peace framework previously negotiated with US involvement alongside Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim's mediation. The renewed ceasefire follows several days of deadly clashes displacing thousands of civilians, threatening to unravel an earlier Malaysia-brokered truce. Trump, who attended follow-up meetings in Malaysia in October, emphasized both nations expressed readiness to restore peace and maintain strong US trade relations. Speaking in Pennsylvania earlier this week, Trump hinted at personal intervention, positioning the resolution as another conflict he claims to have resolved. (PC: X)
