Prime ministers of two countries to attend talks in Malaysia on Monday, following Trump threat on Saturday to pause trade deals unless fighting stopped
Donald Trump has said he believed both Thailand and Cambodia wanted to settle their differences after he told the leaders of both countries that he would not conclude trade deals with them unless they ended their fighting.
On Monday, Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister’s office said on Sunday. The deadly border dispute, now in its fourth day, has killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 218,000.
Trump told reporters in Turnbery, Scotland: “I spoke to both of the prime ministers, and I think by the time I got off, I think they want to settle now.”
A spokesperson for Thailand’s acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, said the leader would attend Monday’s talks in response to an invitation from Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim “to discuss peace efforts in the region”. Anwar has been acting in his capacity as this year’s chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
