Cambodia and Thailand sign expanded ceasefire alongside truce-broker Trump

26/10/2025 16:04

The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed an enhanced ceasefire deal on Sunday in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose intervention in their fierce border conflict earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.



The agreement builds on a truce signed three months ago after Trump called the then-leaders of the two countries, urging them to end hostilities, or risk their respective trade talks with Washington being put on hold.



Both sides blame each other for starting the five-day exchange of rockets and heavy artillery, which killed at least 48 people and temporarily displaced an estimated 300,000 in their worst fighting in recent history.



Trump has touted himself as a global peacemaker during his second term and his decision to weigh in behind Malaysian premier Anwar Ibrahim's mediation efforts led to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet nominating him for the Nobel Prize, lauding his "extraordinary statesmanship".



At a ceremony during a summit of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN in Kuala Lumpur, with a backdrop covered in U.S. insignia and the words "Delivering Peace", Trump called the two leaders courageous, adding the truce he brokered saved "millions of lives".