International Community (22nd – 26th September 2025)
| Thailand and Cambodia should scale back their military presence along their shared border and work together to de-escalate tensions, Thailand's new foreign minister told reporters (Sep 25). Thailand has announced that it will not be attending the second meeting between the Cambodian National Police and their Thai counterparts, originally scheduled for September 26 in Cambodia. No new date has been confirmed. http://bit.ly/4mSxRsl; Cambodia has confirmed that shots fired into Thai territory on September 23 were an accident, with both sides swiftly resolving the incident and reaffirming commitments to peace and cooperation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has rejected Thai accusations that Cambodian villagers in Banteay Meanchey province’s Prey Chan encroached on Thai territory to stage protests, noting that the land remains formally undemarcated. http://bit.ly/4nG49aA; Japan has pledged to continue supporting de-escalation efforts in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi said during a meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, Prak Sokhonn, on Sept. 25 at the UN General Assembly in New York. |
