{"id":8062,"date":"2026-01-09T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:02:59","slug":"us-to-support-cambodian-thai-ceasefire-with-45m-aid-pledge-border-disputes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8062","title":{"rendered":"US to support Cambodian-Thai ceasefire with $45m aid pledge | Border Disputes News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The aid is earmarked to help support both countries in border stabilisation efforts, demining and tackling drug trafficking and cyberscams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 9 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">9 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div 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aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United States has announced it will provide $45m in aid to help solidify a fragile truce brokered by President Donald Trump between Thailand and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Michael DeSombre, the US assistant secretary for East Asia, said on Friday that the US would offer $20m to help both countries combat drug trafficking and cyberscams, which have become a major concern in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>DeSombre was meeting with senior Thai and Cambodian officials in Bangkok and Phnom Penh on Friday and Saturday to discuss implementation of the peace accords, according to a senior State Department official.<\/p>\n<p>DeSombre also said $15m would be given for border stabilisation efforts to help support people displaced by the recent fighting, as well as $10m for de-mining and unexploded ordnance clearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue to support the Cambodian and Thai governments as they implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords and pave the way for a return to peace, prosperity and stability for their people and the region,\u201d DeSombre said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>DeSombre was referring to an agreement signed between the two countries in Trump\u2019s presence during his October visit to Malaysia, then head of the ASEAN regional bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand flared up again last month, after the collapse of a truce brokered in July by Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to end a previous round of conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The Southeast Asian neighbours agreed on another ceasefire on December 27, halting 20 days of fighting that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand accused Cambodia of violating this latest ceasefire, though later retracted the accusation, with the Thai military saying the Cambodian side had contacted them to explain the so-called violation was an accidental fire.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia, meanwhile, has called on Thailand to pull its forces out of several border areas that Phnom Penh claims as its own.<\/p>\n<p>The nations\u2019 longstanding conflict stems from a dispute over France\u2019s colonial-era demarcation of their 800km (500-mile) border, where both sides claim territory and several centuries-old temple ruins.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has listed the conflict as one of several wars he says he has solved as he loudly insists he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, on taking office, drastically slashed foreign aid, including for months freezing longstanding assistance to Cambodia for de-mining, with the administration saying it will provide money only in support of narrow US interests.<\/p>\n<p>US citizens have been targeted by financial fraud operations taking place at scam centres throughout Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand is a longtime US ally, while the US has sought to improve relations with Cambodia to try to woo it away from strategic rival China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aid is earmarked to help support both countries in border stabilisation efforts, demining and tackling drug trafficking and cyberscams. 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