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Thailand's Army said connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) "hostilities inactive remain" with Cambodia, a time aft Bangkok suspended the implementation of a U.S.-backed bid deal implicit a landmine blast that wounded 4 troops.
The deal, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump successful October, was meant to upwind down a struggle that peaked with 5 days of clashes successful July that killed astatine slightest 43 radical and displaced astir 3,00,000 civilians connected some sides.
Both sides agreed nether the pact to retreat dense weapons from the borderline portion and to springiness entree to ceasefire monitors. Thailand besides pledged to instrumentality 18 captured Cambodian troops.
Cambodia said the concern connected the borderline "remains calm". However, Thailand's effect suggested that tensions person returned with the suspension of the pact's implementation.
"The information has go wide that hostilities inactive remain," Royal Thai Army (RTA) main Pana Klaewblaudtuk said successful a statement.
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"The Thai Army needs to suspend the associated declaration to safeguard our close to self-defence," it said, referring to the pact.
Thailand has often accused Cambodia of laying caller landmines on their borderline successful breach of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines. The RTA said 4 soldiers were wounded by Monday's (November 10, 2025) landmine blast successful Sisaket province.
Apparent excavation blasts wounding Thai troops were a cardinal catalyst erstwhile tensions flared successful July, igniting a long-standing territorial quality implicit a smattering of century-old borderline temples.
Cambodia's Defence Ministry said connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) it "expresses its regret" implicit the latest excavation blast but that the munitions were relics of past conflicts.
"After the incident, some subject forces connected the beforehand lines had communicated with each different and arsenic of present the concern remains calm," it said successful a statement.
The Ministry said Cambodia "remains committed" to the bid deal, signed successful Kuala Lumpur connected October 26 nether the stewardship of Mr. Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arsenic seat of the ASEAN determination bloc.
However, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has confirmed helium volition hold the merchandise of the captured Cambodian troops, a cardinal plank of the bid plan.
Mr. Anutin chaired a National Security Council gathering successful Bangkok connected Tuesday greeting and was owed to question to Sisaket aboriginal to conscionable the wounded soldiers.
Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told reporters the suspension of the deal's implementation would beryllium reported to the United States and Malaysia.
"It is besides important that Cambodia instrumentality work by showing regret, participating successful the probe and ensuring this does not hap again," Mr. Sihasak said. The Thai-Cambodia truce has mostly held since July 29.
However, analysts person said a broad bid pact adjudicating the territorial quality astatine the halfway of the struggle remains elusive.
