SEA foreign ministers press Thailand, Cambodia on truce

Southeast Asian foreign ministers met Monday in Malaysia for crisis talks aimed at halting deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which pressed on despite regional and international diplomacy.

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Thailand's foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrives to hold a press conference following a special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, 2025. Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Malaysia for crisis talks aimed at halting deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which pressed on despite reaional and international diplomacy.

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Renewed fighting this month has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and 19 in Cambodia, and displaced more than 900,000 on both sides, officials said.

Malaysia, which chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), expressed hope the talks in Kuala Lumpur would help achieve a lasting ceasefire between the two countries, both bloc members.

Speaking at the start of Monday's meeting, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan urged the feuding neighbours and other ASEAN representatives to "give this matter our most urgent attention."