Press Briefing – Update on the implementation of the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand  

Press Briefing – Update on the implementation of the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand  

11:00 AM, August 11, 2025

Keynote Address by H.E. Chum Sounry, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC):

1. Cambodia Inform UN of Growing Risk Facing Ceasefire
H.E. Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, wrote separate letters to the President of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary General informing them of the growing risk facing the present extremely fragile truce between Cambodia and Thailand. In both of his letters dated 11 Aug 2025, Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn said that:

“As you are fully aware, Cambodia and Thailand reached a ceasefire agreement in the Special Meeting hosted by Malaysia on 28 July 2025. It has spared many lives and offered hope to tens of thousands of displaced individuals, raising expectations that they might soon return home and can look forward to thriving in lasting peace and harmony. We deeply appreciate the Security Council convening an urgent meeting to deliberate on the Cambodia-Thailand armed conflict on 25 July 2025, which has helped to encourage this positive development.” The Deputy PM underlined that “Today, I find it relevant to bring to your urgent attention that the present extremely fragile truce is now facing a growing risk, while the armed forces of the Kingdom of Thailand have continued escalating breaches of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in violation of international law and binding bilateral agreements, as well as the terms of the agreed ceasefire.”

“Since the entry into force of the agreed ceasefire on 28 July 2025, Thai military units have repeatedly entered Cambodian territory. They have illegally laid barbed wire and constructed roads at multiple locations therein. In deliberate and aggravated breach of the ceasefire agreed on 28 July 2025 and the Agreed Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the General Border Committee of 7 August 2025, Thai forces illegally entered and escalated their activities in the An Seh area of Preah Vihear Province. They proceeded from laying barbed wire to demolishing Cambodian villagers’ homes and deploying heavy machinery to build fortified bunkers.” “These actions are well corroborated with the public statement made on 10 August 2025 by the Commander of Thailand’s 2nd Army Region, who vowed Thai soldiers will reclaim Ta Krabey Temple and plans to close Tamone Thom Temple,” he continued.

Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn highlighted that “the situs of each and all of these violations lies wholly within the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as defined and delimited by the 1:200 000-scale maps prepared by the Franco-Siamese Mixed Commissions pursuant to the Convention of 13 February 1904 and the Treaty of 23 March 1907. These maps—mutually accepted by the governments of Cambodia and Thailand—were expressly determinative in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgments of 15 June 1962 and 11 November 2013 in the Temple of Preah Vihear case, both final and binding pursuant to Article 60 of the Statute of the ICJ and Article 94 of the UN Charter.”

The Deputy PM continued that “The aforementioned acts constitute serious and continuing violations of:
• the Ceasefire Arrangement of 28 July 2025;
• the Agreed Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the General Border Committee of 7 August 2025;
• the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on the Survey and Demarcation of Land Boundary of 14 June 2000, under which both sides commit to jointly demarcate the land boundary between the two countries based on the Franco-Siamese Convention of 1904, the Treaty of 1907,and the maps that are the results of the demarcation works of the Commissions of Delimitation of the boundary between Indo-China and Siam; and• The fundamental principles of international law, including the prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of another State, as enshrined in the UN Charter and in the ASEAN Charter.”
“The Royal Government of Cambodia therefore demands that the Royal Thai Government and the Thai armed forces:
1. Immediately cease all incursions, illegal occupations, and any other activities in violation of Cambodian sovereignty and territorial integrity;
2. Withdraw all Thai military personnel and equipment from the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia to positions fully consistent with the legally established boundary; and
3. Comply fully and unconditionally with all binding bilateral and international obligations, including the Ceasefire Arrangement of 28 July 2025 and the Agreed Minutes of 7 August 2025.”

Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn reaffirmed the Royal Government of Cambodia’s consistent and unwavering commitment to seeking amicable resolution to all boundary disputes with all its neighbors through peaceful means in accordance with international law, while remaining resolute in upholding its principled position that borders must not be changed by force. The Deputy PM called on both the President of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary General to continue encouraging full respect for the extremely fragile truce and supporting efforts to achieve a complete cessation of armed hostilities and progress towards normalcy.

2. Cambodia Officially Protests Escalating Thai Violations of Sovereignty
On 11 August 2025, the MFAIC lodged with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cambodia’s strongest protest against the continuing and escalating breaches of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by the armed forces of Thailand, in clear violation of international law and binding bilateral agreements.

In its protest, the MFAIC expressed grave concern over Thailand’s repeated violations of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its continued breaches of the ceasefire. The MFAIC urged the Thai government and armed forces:
1. To immediately cease all incursions, illegal occupations, and any other activities in violation of Cambodian sovereignty and territorial integrity;
2. To withdraw all Thai military personnel and equipment from the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia to positions fully consistent with the legally established boundary; and
3. To comply fully and unconditionally with all binding bilateral and international obligations, including the Ceasefire Arrangement of 28 July 2025 and the Agreed Minutes of 7 August 2025.

3. Cambodia Rejects Thai Suggestion of Cambodia’sMisrepresentation

The MFAIC notes with concern the statement issued by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 11 August 2025 regarding the public statement made on 10 August 2025 by the Commander of Thailand’s 2nd Army Region that “Thai soldiers will reclaim Ta Krabey Temple and plan to close Tamoan Thom Temple.”

Cambodia categorically rejects any suggestion that the Ministry of National Defence of Cambodia “misrepresented” the Thai 2nd Army Region commander’s remarks. The Cambodian statement was based on clear and verifiable facts on the ground, including ongoing Thai military activities that are inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the 28 July 2025 Ceasefire Arrangement and the 7 August 2025 GBC Agreed Minutes. While Cambodia remains committed to participating constructively in the agreed RBC framework to ensure effective ceasefire implementation, this can only succeed if both sides refrain from activities that alter the situation on the ground and from issuing statements that deny established facts or attempt to shift blame.