Thailand, Cambodia reach ceasefire deal to end conflict that displaced 260K, Trump says

Thailand and Cambodia reached a ceasefire deal through arrangement President Donald Trump released Monday ending a burgeoning conflict that displaced people The declaration from Trump comes after he noted over the weekend that he had spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand urging a ceasefire adding the U S would not get back to the trading table with the southeast Asian countries until fighting stops The fighting began Thursday after a land mine explosion along the confines wounded five Thai soldiers Both sides blamed each other for starting the clashes that have killed at least people and displaced more than people on both sides Numerous people were killed and I was dealing with two countries that we get along with very well very different countries from certain standpoints They've been fighting for years intermittently And we solved that war we solved it through arrangement Trump stated reporters during his trip to Scotland MULTIPLE PEOPLE KILLED IN MASS SHOOTING AFFAIR AT BANGKOK SPHERE POLICE I reported 'I don't want to contract with anybody that's killing each other ' So we just got that one solved And I'm going to call the two prime ministers who I got along with very very well and speak to them right after this meeting and congratulate them But it was an honor to be involved in that That was going to be a very nasty war Those wars have been very very nasty Trump also noted By ending this War we have saved thousands of lives I have instructed my Business Club to restart negotiations on Transaction I have now ended several Wars in just six months I am proud to be the President of PEACE Trump added in a post on Truth Social As part of the ceasefire deal military commanders from both sides will begin to hold talks Tuesday to defuse tensions while Cambodia will host a frontier committee meeting on Aug according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim He added that the foreign and defense ministers of Malaysia Cambodia and Thailand have also been instructed to develop a detailed mechanism to implement and monitor the ceasefire to ensure sustained peace TRUMP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND AMID ESCALATING VIOLENCE It is time to start rebuilding trust confidence and cooperation going forward between Thailand and Cambodia Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet mentioned during a press conference in Malaysia alongside Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the U S applauds the ceasefire declaration between Cambodia and Thailand declared in the current era in Kuala Lumpur President Trump made this happen Give him the Nobel Peace Prize added White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Fox News Brie Stimson and the Associated Press contributed to this document