Trump uses trade leverage for Cambodia-Thailand “Ceasefire and Peace”

ANI: As the fighting related to the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia enters its fourth day, US President Donald Trump, once again jumping on his trade bandwagon, called for a ceasefire after holding calls with the heads of state of both nations, while drawing parallels to the India-Pakistan conflict.

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According to a series of posts on Truth Social on Saturday (local time), the US President has once again leveraged trade negotiations in order to broker a ceasefire and peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand.

Bangkok and Phnom Penh are engaged ina territorial dispute dating back over a century, when colonial-era France first demarcated the border between them, CNN reported.

Since the conflict erupted on Thursday, officials report that over a dozen people have been killed, many more wounded, and more than 150,000 civilians displaced.

Trump, in his posts, detailed his efforts to mediate an end to the ongoing dispute, emphasising his refusal to proceed with trade deals until hostilities cease.

In his posts, Trump stated that he held a discussion with the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, following which he also had discussions with Thailand's Acting Prime Minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, for “Ceasefire, and END to the War”.

He noted that Washington was currently in trade talks with both countries and that the US would withhold trade agreements until the fighting stops.

He also drew an analogy, remarking that this conflict “very much reminds me of the Conflict between Pakistan and India, which was brought to a successful halt.”