(Phnom Penh): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn informed the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council about the growing risk concerning the fragile truce between Cambodia and Thailand, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Chum Sounry said in a press conference on Tuesday (Aug. 12).
“Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, wrote separate letters to the President of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary General, informing of the growing risk facing the present extremely fragile truce between Cambodia and Thailand,” he said.
“In his both letters, dated 11 August 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn said that, as you are fully aware, Cambodia and Thailand reached ceasefire agreement in the special meeting hosted by Malaysia on 28 July 2025. It has spared many lives and offered hope to tens of thousands of displaced individuals, raising expectation that they might soon return home and can look forward to thriving in lasting peace and harmony. We deeply appreciate the Security Council convening an urgent meeting to deliberate on Cambodia-Thailand armed conflict on 25 July 2025, which has helped to encourage this positive development,” the spokesperson added.
He continued, “The Thai armed forces have continued escalating breaches of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and violations of international law and binding bilateral agreements, as well as the terms of the agreed ceasefire. Since the entry into force of the agreed ceasefire on 28 July 2025, Thai military has repeatedly entered Cambodian territory. They have illegally laid barbed wire and constructed at multiple locations.”
Chum Sounry stated, “Thai forces illegally entered and escalated their activities in Anseh area of Preah Vihear province. They proceeded from laying barbed wire to demolishing Cambodian villagers' homes and deploying heavy machinery to build fortified bunkers.”
“Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn highlighted that the status of each and all of these violations lie wholly within the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as defined and delimited by the 1 in 200,000 scale maps prepared by the Franco-Siamese Mixed Commission pursuant to the Convention of 13 February 1904 and the Treaty of 23 March 1907. These maps, mutually accepted by the governments of Cambodia and Thailand, were expressly determinative in the International Court of Justice judgments of 15 June 1962 and 11 November 2013 in the Temple of Preah Vihear case, both final and binding pursuant to Article 60 of the Statute of the ICJ and Article 94 of the UN Charter.”
Spokesperson Chum Sounry said that the Cambodian Royal Government demands that the Thai Royal Government and its armed forces: first, immediately end all incursions, illegal occupations, and any activities violating Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity; second, withdraw all Thai military personnel and equipment to positions fully consistent with the legally established boundary; and third, fully and unconditionally comply with all binding bilateral and international obligations.
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