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2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict
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US pledges US$45 million to bolster Thailand, Cambodia truce amid Trump peace claims

Trump has listed the conflict as one of a number of wars he claims to have solved as he loudly insists he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

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Commanders of the Royal Thai Army (left) and Royal Cambodian Army meeting in no man’s land at the Thai-Cambodia border on December 27, 2025. Photo: Royal Thai Army/AFP
Agence France-Presse
The United States on Friday announced some US$45 million in aid as it tries to bolster a fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia.
Michael DeSombre, the top State Department official for East Asia, was visiting Thailand and Cambodia to discuss ways to strengthen the ceasefire, which US President Donald Trump has sought to highlight as an achievement.

DeSombre said the United States would offer US$20 million to help both countries combat drug trafficking and cyber scams, which have become a major concern in Cambodia.

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He also said the United States would give US$15 million to help support people displaced by the recent fighting as well as US$10 million for demining.

“The United States will continue to support the Cambodian and Thai governments as they implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords and pave the way for a return to peace, prosperity and stability for their people and the region,” DeSombre said in a statement.

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He was referring to an agreement signed between the two countries in the presence of Trump during an October visit to Malaysia, then head of the Asean regional bloc.
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