Trump to Anchor Thailand-Cambodia Peace Settlement at Malaysia Event

President Donald Trump will anchor a peace settlement between Thailand and Cambodia at the Malaysia event, calling it a “great peace deal” that he proudly brokered. The anchoring will take place during the 47th ASEAN summit, where Trump will also hold discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The peace settlement comes after serious border clashes erupted in July 2025 between Thai and Cambodian military forces over disputed territories. The five-day military engagement resulted in fatalities and forced thousands of residents on both sides of the border to flee their homes, highlighting the critical need for a firmly anchored peace settlement.
Through Malaysian diplomatic efforts, a ceasefire was successfully negotiated and implemented in late July 2025, bringing an immediate halt to the fighting. Malaysia has continued its peacekeeping efforts by coordinating ASEAN observer missions that monitor the truce and ensure both Thailand and Cambodia comply with the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
While traveling aboard Air Force One, President Trump announced via Truth Social that the peace settlement anchoring would occur immediately upon his arrival in Malaysia. The schedule has been adjusted to accommodate the numerous world leaders attending this major diplomatic event, including Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other ASEAN leaders. Trump also expressed condolences for the recent death of Thailand’s Queen Mother and confirmed he would meet with Thailand’s Prime Minister upon landing.
The anchored peace settlement represents the culmination of months of diplomatic work, including recent progress made during a two-day special meeting of the Cambodia-Thai Joint Commission on Demarcation for the Land Boundary held in Chanthaburi, Thailand, in late October. Both nations reached several key agreements aimed at expediting the land demarcation process along their more than 800-kilometer shared border. Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow has indicated that both countries are nearing completion of a Declaration of Thailand-Cambodia Relations designed to permanently resolve border issues. The territorial dispute has historically focused on ancient Hindu temple sites in the Dangrek Mountains, with previous serious violence in 2011 near Preah Vihear temple resulted in at least 16 deaths.