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Hun Manet calls for border demarcation and says US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u2018play a role\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] deep into Cambodian territory in many areas. This is further beyond even Thailand\u2019s own unilateral claim,\u201d Hun Manet said in an interview with the Reuters news agency on Tuesday while travelling to Washington, DC, to attend a meeting of United States President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an accusation, but it\u2019s a statement of the facts on the ground,\u201d he said in his first interview with international media since taking over as prime minister from his father in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand did not immediately respond to the claims. Thai military officials have previously said operations were limited to reclaiming areas within Thai territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thai troops placed shipping containers and barbed wire inside areas that Thailand had previously recognised as Cambodian territory, he said, rendering about 80,000 people unable to return home.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged encroachment occurred after Cambodia and Thailand\u2019s protracted border conflict last year killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, fuelled nationalistic rhetoric and destroyed ancient temple sites.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera reporting and independent <a href=\"https:\/\/kouprey.substack.com\/p\/thailand-encroaches-past-contested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mapping<\/a> efforts have shown the presence of Thai-placed shipping containers and barbed wire in several provinces, including Pursat and Banteay Meanchey.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Manet called upon Thailand to begin border demarcation through the countries\u2019 Joint Boundary Commission process, which lagged before Thailand\u2019s national elections that saw a decisive win for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNow the election is done, we hope that Thailand can start, at least on a technical level \u2026 demarcating in the hot zone, so that we can go back to life,\u201d Hun Manet said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u201cplay a role in helping de-escalation and restoring peace and stability\u201d in Cambodia, he said, adding the group was a \u201cvaluable addition\u201d to existing international mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>The US brokered a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand last October, but fighting broke out again within weeks. A new agreement spearheaded by China appears to have stuck since the start of this year.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"defends-record\">Defends record<\/h2>\n<p>Hun Manet, 48, also reflected that Cambodia\u2019s relationships with the US and China were \u201cnot mutually \u2060exclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite negative international attention on Cambodia\u2019s human rights record, the country has maintained strong ties with the US in areas such as security cooperation, the Cambodian leader said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDemocracy is not just defined by political party expression, but health, education, freedom of press and others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia consistently ranks at the bottom of press freedom rankings. It was placed 161st among 180 countries by Reporters Without Borders last year. The effectively one-party state has shut down almost all independent media in recent years and regularly arrests journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also defended his response to Cambodia\u2019s widespread \u201cpig-butchering\u201d cyber-scamming centres, which have garnered increasing international scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYes, they exist,\u201d he said. \u201cDoes that mean that we allow them, we endorse them, or we not do anything? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hun Manet calls for border demarcation and says US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u2018play a role\u2019. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said. \u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Listen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] deep into Cambodian territory in many areas. This is further beyond even Thailand\u2019s own unilateral claim,\u201d Hun Manet said in an interview with the Reuters news agency on Tuesday while travelling to Washington, DC, to attend a meeting of United States President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an accusation, but it\u2019s a statement of the facts on the ground,\u201d he said in his first interview with international media since taking over as prime minister from his father in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand did not immediately respond to the claims. Thai military officials have previously said operations were limited to reclaiming areas within Thai territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thai troops placed shipping containers and barbed wire inside areas that Thailand had previously recognised as Cambodian territory, he said, rendering about 80,000 people unable to return home.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged encroachment occurred after Cambodia and Thailand\u2019s protracted border conflict last year killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, fuelled nationalistic rhetoric and destroyed ancient temple sites.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera reporting and independent <a href=\"https:\/\/kouprey.substack.com\/p\/thailand-encroaches-past-contested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mapping<\/a> efforts have shown the presence of Thai-placed shipping containers and barbed wire in several provinces, including Pursat and Banteay Meanchey.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Manet called upon Thailand to begin border demarcation through the countries\u2019 Joint Boundary Commission process, which lagged before Thailand\u2019s national elections that saw a decisive win for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNow the election is done, we hope that Thailand can start, at least on a technical level \u2026 demarcating in the hot zone, so that we can go back to life,\u201d Hun Manet said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u201cplay a role in helping de-escalation and restoring peace and stability\u201d in Cambodia, he said, adding the group was a \u201cvaluable addition\u201d to existing international mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>The US brokered a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand last October, but fighting broke out again within weeks. A new agreement spearheaded by China appears to have stuck since the start of this year.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"defends-record\">Defends record<\/h2>\n<p>Hun Manet, 48, also reflected that Cambodia\u2019s relationships with the US and China were \u201cnot mutually \u2060exclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite negative international attention on Cambodia\u2019s human rights record, the country has maintained strong ties with the US in areas such as security cooperation, the Cambodian leader said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDemocracy is not just defined by political party expression, but health, education, freedom of press and others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia consistently ranks at the bottom of press freedom rankings. It was placed 161st among 180 countries by Reporters Without Borders last year. The effectively one-party state has shut down almost all independent media in recent years and regularly arrests journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also defended his response to Cambodia\u2019s widespread \u201cpig-butchering\u201d cyber-scamming centres, which have garnered increasing international scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYes, they exist,\u201d he said. \u201cDoes that mean that we allow them, we endorse them, or we not do anything? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hun Manet calls for border demarcation and says US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u2018play a role\u2019. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said. \u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] deep into Cambodian territory in many areas. This is further beyond even Thailand\u2019s own unilateral claim,\u201d Hun Manet said in an interview with the Reuters news agency on Tuesday while travelling to Washington, DC, to attend a meeting of United States President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an accusation, but it\u2019s a statement of the facts on the ground,\u201d he said in his first interview with international media since taking over as prime minister from his father in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand did not immediately respond to the claims. Thai military officials have previously said operations were limited to reclaiming areas within Thai territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thai troops placed shipping containers and barbed wire inside areas that Thailand had previously recognised as Cambodian territory, he said, rendering about 80,000 people unable to return home.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged encroachment occurred after Cambodia and Thailand\u2019s protracted border conflict last year killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, fuelled nationalistic rhetoric and destroyed ancient temple sites.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera reporting and independent <a href=\"https:\/\/kouprey.substack.com\/p\/thailand-encroaches-past-contested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mapping<\/a> efforts have shown the presence of Thai-placed shipping containers and barbed wire in several provinces, including Pursat and Banteay Meanchey.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Manet called upon Thailand to begin border demarcation through the countries\u2019 Joint Boundary Commission process, which lagged before Thailand\u2019s national elections that saw a decisive win for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNow the election is done, we hope that Thailand can start, at least on a technical level \u2026 demarcating in the hot zone, so that we can go back to life,\u201d Hun Manet said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u201cplay a role in helping de-escalation and restoring peace and stability\u201d in Cambodia, he said, adding the group was a \u201cvaluable addition\u201d to existing international mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>The US brokered a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand last October, but fighting broke out again within weeks. A new agreement spearheaded by China appears to have stuck since the start of this year.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"defends-record\">Defends record<\/h2>\n<p>Hun Manet, 48, also reflected that Cambodia\u2019s relationships with the US and China were \u201cnot mutually \u2060exclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite negative international attention on Cambodia\u2019s human rights record, the country has maintained strong ties with the US in areas such as security cooperation, the Cambodian leader said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDemocracy is not just defined by political party expression, but health, education, freedom of press and others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia consistently ranks at the bottom of press freedom rankings. It was placed 161st among 180 countries by Reporters Without Borders last year. The effectively one-party state has shut down almost all independent media in recent years and regularly arrests journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also defended his response to Cambodia\u2019s widespread \u201cpig-butchering\u201d cyber-scamming centres, which have garnered increasing international scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYes, they exist,\u201d he said. \u201cDoes that mean that we allow them, we endorse them, or we not do anything? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hun Manet calls for border demarcation and says US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace could \u2018play a role\u2019. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Thailand continues to occupy parts of Cambodia after multiple ceasefire agreements ended months of deadly fighting late last year, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister has said. \u201cWe still have Thai forces occupy[ing] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}