Trump announces the ceasefire of Thailand-Cambodia negotiated by trade

Thailand and Cambodia have concluded a cease-fire agreement “by trade,” President Donald Trump announced on Monday, ending an emerging conflict that has moved 260,000 people.

Trump’s statement comes after saying during the weekend he had spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, urging a cease-fire, adding that the United States would not return to the “trade table” with the countries of Southeast Asia until the fight stops.

The fighting began Thursday after an explosion of terrestrial mines along the wounded border five Thai soldiers. The two parties blamed themselves for starting the clashes that killed at least 35 people and moved more than 260,000 people on both sides.

“Many people have been killed and I am dealing with two countries with which we get along very well, countries very different from certain points of view. They have been fighting for 500 years. And, we have resolved this war … We have resolved it by trade,” Trump told journalists during his trip to Scotland.

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Cambodian soldiers are driving a truck equipped with a Russian BM-21-21-21 rocket launcher in the northern province of Oddchey, in the north of Oddchey, which borders Thailand on July 27, 2025. (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP via Getty Images)

“I said,” I don’t want to chat with someone who kills himself. “So we got this one.

“By finishing this war, we saved thousands of lives. I asked my sales team to restart trade negotiations. I have now ended many wars in just six months – I am proud to be the president of peace!” Trump added in an article on Truth Social.

As part of the ceasefire agreement, military commanders on both sides will begin to meet on Tuesday to defuse tensions while Cambodia will organize a meeting of the border committee on August 4, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

A house is damaged after Cambodia has drawn artillery shells in the province of Surin, Thailand, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)

He added that foreign ministers and the defense of Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand were also invited to “develop a detailed mechanism” to implement and monitor the ceasefire to ensure sustained peace.

Trump calls for an immediate ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand in the midst of climbing violence

The Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Center, the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, the interim left and Prime Minister of Thailand, Phumtham Wechayachai, pose photos after discussions on a cease-fire between Thailand and Cambodia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Mohd Rasfan / Pool Photo via AP)

It is “time to start rebuilding confidence, confidence and cooperation in the future between Thailand and Cambodia,” said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at a press conference in Malaysia alongside Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the United States “applauds the cease-fire statement between Cambodia and Thailand announced today in Kuala Lumpur”.

Thai residents who fled the houses following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers food in an evacuation center in the province of Surin in Thailand on Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP / Sakchai Lalit)

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“President Trump did this. Adding the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.

Brie Stimson of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.