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View all search resultsTrump says Cambodia, Thailand going to be fine after calls over conflict
Long-running tensions over a disputed border between the two Southeast Asian nations erupted into five days of fighting in July, when at least 48 people were killed and an estimated 300,000 temporarily displaced, before Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim brokered the ceasefire.
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Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet (center) shake hands next to United States President Donald Trump (right) on the day of the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
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nited States President Donald Trump said on Friday he thought Thailand and Cambodia were "going to be fine" after holding phone calls with the leaders of the two nations to help mediate the most recent flare-up in the conflict between them.
Thailand this week suspended a US-brokered ceasefire deal and demanded an apology over allegations that Cambodia had laid fresh landmines, which Cambodia denies.
Long-running tensions over a disputed border between the two Southeast Asian nations erupted into five days of fighting in July, when at least 48 people were killed and an estimated 300,000 temporarily displaced, before Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim brokered the ceasefire.
"I spoke to the prime ministers of both countries and they’re doing great. I think they’re going to be fine," Trump told reporters on Friday evening.
In an interview with British network GB News on Friday, he referred to world conflicts and said: "I think I settled one today", without providing further details.
Trump also engaged with Malaysia on Friday, a White House official said.
A landmine explosion on the contested Thai-Cambodia border that has threatened to derail the US-brokered truce is scheduled to be investigated by ASEAN observers on Friday, Thailand said, a day after Malaysia's Foreign Minister said a regional team had reported that mines found at the site of the incident were new.
On Thursday, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said ASEAN observers had reported that the landmines at the site were new, state news agency Bernama reported.
"I just got off the phone with the Thai Foreign Minister. My hope is for both sides to calm down and to continue the peace talks,” he was quoted as saying.
Another team of observers is scheduled on Friday to conduct an on-site investigation at a disputed border area where cross-border shooting occurred on Tuesday, when at least one person in Cambodia was killed and three others injured. Cambodia said Thai troops had opened fire first, while the Thai military said Cambodia initially fired shots and Thai soldiers fired warning shots in response.
The Southeast Asian neighbors have contested sovereignty for more than a century over undemarcated points along their 817-kilometer land border, first mapped in 1907 by France when it ruled Cambodia as a colony.
