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Bangkok says Phnom Penh must be first to declare a ceasefire and cooperate \u2018sincerely\u2019 on demining the border.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPublished On 16 Dec 2025<\/span>16 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\nClick here to share on social media<\/p>\nshare2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand has demanded Cambodia must be the first to declare a halt in fighting in order to bring an end to the latest round of clashes between the southeast Asian neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the aggressor onto Thai territory, Cambodia must announce the ceasefire first,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maratee Nalita Andamo said during a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reported.<\/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>She added that Cambodia must also cooperate \u201csincerely\u201d in efforts to clear landmines in the border regions.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Cambodia. Each country has blamed the other for instigating the clashes, claiming self-defence and blaming the other for attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dozens-killed\">Dozens killed<\/h2>\n<p>Fighting between the neighbours, prompted by longstanding rival claims to territory along their 817km (508-mile) land border, was reignited by a skirmish on December 7.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed clashes at various locations have killed at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, on either side of the border, and displaced some 800,000, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from a temple hosting internally displaced people in Thailand\u2019s Sisaket province, Al Jazeera\u2019s Jack Barton said the sound of fighting echoed around the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can still hear the fighting \u2026 [including] the outgoing Thai artillery and the incoming Cambodian Grad [rockets],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes have shattered a ceasefire pushed by United States President Donald Trump that ended five days of bloody combat in July.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who used the threat of trade tariffs as leverage to end the fighting, has also attempted to intervene in the latest clashes, claiming last week that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire beginning Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But daily fighting has continued since the latest outbreak of violence began, and Bangkok has denied Trump\u2019s claim of a truce.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"no-pressure-for-ceasefire-thai-pm\">No pressure for ceasefire: Thai PM<\/h2>\n<p>Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told journalists that there was no international pressure for a ceasefire, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is pressuring us. Who is pressuring whom? I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, declining to answer a question on whether Trump was attempting to use the threat of tariffs to encourage Bangkok to end the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thai authorities were trying to find a way to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens who had been stranded by Cambodia\u2019s closure of a checkpoint in the city of Poipet.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Sen, Cambodia\u2019s influential former leader and current Senate president, said the closure aimed to protect civilians from what he claimed was indiscriminate firing by Thai forces in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Surasant Kongsiri, a spokesperson for the Thai Ministry of Defence, said there had been \u201ccontinuous fighting across the border\u201d in eight border provinces, while Cambodia\u2019s Ministry of Defence pledged its troops would \u201ccontinue to stand strong, brave and steadfast in their fight against the aggressor\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok says Phnom Penh must be first to declare a ceasefire and cooperate \u2018sincerely\u2019 on demining the border. 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Published On 16 Dec 2025<\/span>16 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\nClick here to share on social media<\/p>\nshare2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand has demanded Cambodia must be the first to declare a halt in fighting in order to bring an end to the latest round of clashes between the southeast Asian neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the aggressor onto Thai territory, Cambodia must announce the ceasefire first,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maratee Nalita Andamo said during a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reported.<\/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>She added that Cambodia must also cooperate \u201csincerely\u201d in efforts to clear landmines in the border regions.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Cambodia. Each country has blamed the other for instigating the clashes, claiming self-defence and blaming the other for attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dozens-killed\">Dozens killed<\/h2>\n<p>Fighting between the neighbours, prompted by longstanding rival claims to territory along their 817km (508-mile) land border, was reignited by a skirmish on December 7.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed clashes at various locations have killed at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, on either side of the border, and displaced some 800,000, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from a temple hosting internally displaced people in Thailand\u2019s Sisaket province, Al Jazeera\u2019s Jack Barton said the sound of fighting echoed around the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can still hear the fighting \u2026 [including] the outgoing Thai artillery and the incoming Cambodian Grad [rockets],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes have shattered a ceasefire pushed by United States President Donald Trump that ended five days of bloody combat in July.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who used the threat of trade tariffs as leverage to end the fighting, has also attempted to intervene in the latest clashes, claiming last week that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire beginning Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But daily fighting has continued since the latest outbreak of violence began, and Bangkok has denied Trump\u2019s claim of a truce.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"no-pressure-for-ceasefire-thai-pm\">No pressure for ceasefire: Thai PM<\/h2>\n<p>Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told journalists that there was no international pressure for a ceasefire, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is pressuring us. Who is pressuring whom? I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, declining to answer a question on whether Trump was attempting to use the threat of tariffs to encourage Bangkok to end the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thai authorities were trying to find a way to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens who had been stranded by Cambodia\u2019s closure of a checkpoint in the city of Poipet.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Sen, Cambodia\u2019s influential former leader and current Senate president, said the closure aimed to protect civilians from what he claimed was indiscriminate firing by Thai forces in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Surasant Kongsiri, a spokesperson for the Thai Ministry of Defence, said there had been \u201ccontinuous fighting across the border\u201d in eight border provinces, while Cambodia\u2019s Ministry of Defence pledged its troops would \u201ccontinue to stand strong, brave and steadfast in their fight against the aggressor\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok says Phnom Penh must be first to declare a ceasefire and cooperate \u2018sincerely\u2019 on demining the border. 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share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thailand has demanded Cambodia must be the first to declare a halt in fighting in order to bring an end to the latest round of clashes between the southeast Asian neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the aggressor onto Thai territory, Cambodia must announce the ceasefire first,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maratee Nalita Andamo said during a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reported.<\/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>She added that Cambodia must also cooperate \u201csincerely\u201d in efforts to clear landmines in the border regions.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Cambodia. Each country has blamed the other for instigating the clashes, claiming self-defence and blaming the other for attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dozens-killed\">Dozens killed<\/h2>\n<p>Fighting between the neighbours, prompted by longstanding rival claims to territory along their 817km (508-mile) land border, was reignited by a skirmish on December 7.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed clashes at various locations have killed at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, on either side of the border, and displaced some 800,000, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from a temple hosting internally displaced people in Thailand\u2019s Sisaket province, Al Jazeera\u2019s Jack Barton said the sound of fighting echoed around the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can still hear the fighting \u2026 [including] the outgoing Thai artillery and the incoming Cambodian Grad [rockets],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes have shattered a ceasefire pushed by United States President Donald Trump that ended five days of bloody combat in July.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who used the threat of trade tariffs as leverage to end the fighting, has also attempted to intervene in the latest clashes, claiming last week that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire beginning Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But daily fighting has continued since the latest outbreak of violence began, and Bangkok has denied Trump\u2019s claim of a truce.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"no-pressure-for-ceasefire-thai-pm\">No pressure for ceasefire: Thai PM<\/h2>\n<p>Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told journalists that there was no international pressure for a ceasefire, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is pressuring us. Who is pressuring whom? I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, declining to answer a question on whether Trump was attempting to use the threat of tariffs to encourage Bangkok to end the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thai authorities were trying to find a way to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens who had been stranded by Cambodia\u2019s closure of a checkpoint in the city of Poipet.<\/p>\n<p>Hun Sen, Cambodia\u2019s influential former leader and current Senate president, said the closure aimed to protect civilians from what he claimed was indiscriminate firing by Thai forces in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Surasant Kongsiri, a spokesperson for the Thai Ministry of Defence, said there had been \u201ccontinuous fighting across the border\u201d in eight border provinces, while Cambodia\u2019s Ministry of Defence pledged its troops would \u201ccontinue to stand strong, brave and steadfast in their fight against the aggressor\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok says Phnom Penh must be first to declare a ceasefire and cooperate \u2018sincerely\u2019 on demining the border. 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