Thailand’s Bombs Continue on Cambodian Border Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Claim

Cambodia reported that Thai forces, including fighter jets, continued to strike targets across their disputed border on Saturday morning — hours after President Donald Trump claimed to have brokered a ceasefire.

“The Thai forces have not stopped the bombing yet and are still continuing the bombing,” the Cambodian ministry of information said.

Thailand’s military countered with accusations that Cambodia was committing “repeated violations of international rules” by targeting civilian locations and laying landmines.

Trump had claimed that Thailand and Cambodia agreed to “cease all shooting” effective on Friday following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Premier Hun Manet on Friday night. However, neither leader referenced an agreement in subsequent statements, and Anutin stated there was no ceasefire.

When asked about Trump’s claim, Thailand’s foreign ministry referred reporters to his statement.

In a Saturday local time Facebook statement, Manet referenced the call with Trump and earlier discussions with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim, noting that Cambodia continues to seek a peaceful resolution of disputes in line with an October agreement signed in Kuala Lumpur. Still, Manet urged the U.S. and Malaysia to use their intelligence-gathering capabilities to “verify which side fired first” in the latest fighting.

Since Monday, Cambodia and Thailand have been exchanging rockets and artillery along their disputed 508-mile border in what has been the most intense fighting since a five-day clash in July — an incident Trump temporarily halted with calls to both leaders.

Trump had previously sought to intervene again to revive that truce, which was expanded in October when he met the two prime ministers in Malaysia. The two sides initially agreed on a process for troop and weapon withdrawal, as well as the release of 18 Cambodian prisoners of war.

However, Thailand suspended that agreement last month after a Thai soldier was maimed in what Bangkok described as the latest incident involving landmines laid by Cambodia — an allegation Cambodia denies.