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Cambodia called connected neighbouring Thailand connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) to propulsion retired its forces from areas Phnom Penh claims arsenic its own, 1 week since a truce halted deadly clashes on their disputed border.
The decades-old quality betwixt the Southeast Asian neighbours erupted into subject clashes respective times past year, with warring successful December sidesplitting dozens of radical and displacing astir 1 cardinal connected some sides.
The 2 countries agreed to a truce connected December 27, ending 3 weeks of clashes. Cambodia says that during that period, Thailand seized respective areas crossed 4 borderline provinces.
In a connection connected Saturday (January 3, 2026), Phnom Penh's overseas ministry demanded the withdrawal of "all Thai subject unit and instrumentality from the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia to positions afloat accordant with the legally established boundary".
The Thai service has rejected claims it had utilized unit to prehend Cambodia territory, insisting its forces were contiguous successful areas that had ever belonged to Thailand.
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry besides called connected Thailand to instantly extremity "all hostile subject activities" on the frontier and "within Cambodian territory".
The 2 nations' borderline struggle stems from a quality implicit the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre (500-mile) border, wherever some sides assertion territory and centuries-old temple ruins.
On Friday (January 2, 2025), Cambodia's Information Minister Neth Pheaktra accused Thailand of launching the "illegal annexation" of the borderline colony of Chouk Chey.
The Thai service disputed Phnom Penh's narrative, and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said his state "has ne'er breached different country's sovereignty and has acted successful enactment with planetary regulations".
Mr. Anutin was speaking connected Friday (January 2, 2026) portion visiting troops deployed to the borderline state of Surin.
