Press Briefing – Update on the implementation of the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand

Press Briefing – Update on the implementation of the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand

Keynote Address by H.E. Chum Sounry, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Internatioinal Cooperation (MFAIC):

4:00PM, August 29, 2025

Meeting between the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations and the UN Secretary-General
On 27 August 2025, H.E. Mr. Keo Chhea, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations, held a working meeting with H.E. AntónioGuterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
H.E. the Permanent Representative briefed the UN Secretary-General on the current situation of the Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, stressing that Cambodia has consistently respected the ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides and has exercised the utmost patience in the face of Thai military’s continued violations of the ceasefire.
He expressed deep concern over Thailand’s recent provocations, particularly the laying of new barbed wire fences cutting across Cambodian villages, forcing Cambodian residents—who have long lived there—out of their homes and destroying their houses. He further emphasized that Cambodia has not laid any new mines as alleged by Thailand. The mines present in Cambodia are old remnants left from Cambodia’s civil war, a fact that has already been explained to relevant UN institutions.
On this occasion, the Permanent Representative handed to the UN Secretary-General photographic evidence showing Thai soldiers laying barbed wire cutting across Cambodian villages, as well as explanatory photos prepared by CMAC distinguishing between old mines and new ones.