Authorities in Cambodia said on Saturday that the Thai forces had continued attacks on its territory despite a ceasefire coming into effect on Friday. The fighting along the 800-kilometre-long disputed border had continued for five days before US President Donald Trump announced that the two sides had agreed to end the hostilities.
Both sides blamed each other for resuming the fighting and violating the terms of the ceasefire brokered by Trump earlier this year.
The Cambodian Defence Ministry in a post on X said, "On December 13, 2025, the Thai military used two F-16 fighter jets to drop seven bombs" on several targets.
“The Thai military planes have not halted their bombings until now,” it added.
As many as 20 people were killed on both sides in the renewed border escalations, with more than 200 others injured, while half a million people have been displaced in the aftermath of the border clashes.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, "I had a very good conversation this morning with the Prime Minister of Thailand, AnutinCharnvirakul, and the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running war.”
Trump said, "They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening and go back to the original Peace Accord made with them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim."
He thanked Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for assisting in the peace efforts, saying, "Both Countries are ready for PEACE and continued Trade with the United States of America.”
Anutin on Friday demanded that Cambodia “publicly announce to the world that it will comply with the ceasefire.”
Anutin warned that “one who violated the ceasefire agreement needs to fix the situation, not the one who got violated.”
The United States, China, and Malaysia, as the chair of the regional bloc ASEAN, brokered a ceasefire in July after an initial five-day spate of violence.
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