Thailand & Cambodia agree to 'unconditional' ceasefire after talks in Malaysia

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Monday.

“Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from 24 hours local time, midnight on 28th July 2025, tonight,” said Anwar after Malaysia-mediated talks between Thailand and Cambodia, as per AFP.

Malaysia hosted Thailand and Cambodia for peace talks today in the national capital Kuala Lumpur. They met at around 7 am today in Anwar’s presence for talks.

Anwar said that “this is vital first step” towards peace and added that both Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet “expressed their positions and willingness to… an immediate ceasefire, a return to de-escalation and the restoration of peace and security”.

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Both Phumtham and Hun thanked US President Donald Trump for facilitating these talks.

Hun said that “the solutions that Prime Minister Anwar just announced will set a condition for moving forward for our bilateral discussion to return to normalcy of the relationship”.

Tensions simmering for months erupted into a war on Thursday as Thailand conducted airstrikes in Cambodia in what it said was response to Cambodian aerial and ground attacks that killed Thai civilians. The cross-border violence has so far killed at least 36 people and displaced more than 200,000 people.

Tensions had been simmering between Thailand and Cambodia for months after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a border clash in May.

The clash in May was a result of a decadeslong conflict between Thailand and Cambodia over a disputed border. The two countries are locked in a decadeslong dispute over the trijunction of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, called the ‘Emerald Triangle’. The region has several cultural sites that are of high strategic and symbolic value that both sides lay claim to, such as the Prasat Ta Muen Thom temple.

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