November 11, 2025
PHNOM PENH – The government of Cambodia is gravely concerned about media reports indicating that Thailand has suspended the implementation of the Joint Declaration between the Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Thailand.
The declaration was signed and witnessed by US President Donald Trump and Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and ASEAN Chair, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26.
Reports of the cessation of what is also known as the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord emerged after three Thai soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion in the Cambodia-Thailand border area of Phnom Trop on the morning of November 10, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The ministry stated that, based on Thai media reports, the incident occurred in the vicinity of Cambodia’s Temple of Preah Vihear. This explosion has reportedly been cited as the reason for the suspension of the Joint Declaration’s implementation, as well as the cancellation of the announced release of 18 Cambodian soldiers, which Thai leaders had scheduled for November 12.
“The Royal Government of Cambodia categorically denies the allegations by Thailand that new landmines have been laid by Cambodia at the border with Thailand. It is important to note the well-known fact that most minefields, from nearly three decades of Cambodia’s civil wars of the 1970s and 1980s, along the Cambodia-Thailand border have not yet been cleared due to difficult terrains and the un-demarcated status of the border areas,” said the ministry.
“Cambodia remains committed to implementing the Joint Declaration, which was signed amidst much applaud from the international community. Cambodia as a devoted advocate for and state party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention has never used any new landmines and will never do so,” the ministry added.