Stand down, peace only option for Thailand and Cambodia, urges PM Anwar

The Star

Both Thailand and Cambodia must stop hostilities and reach an amicable resolution, urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as border clashes between the two countries escalated drastically on Thursday (July 24).  “This is a very worrying matter, and tonight, I will speak to both prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia. The least we can expect is for them to stand down and hopefully enter negotiations,” Anwar told the media after attending the Asean Semiconductor Summit 2025.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2c57a3jd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Come on, come on, come on

00:30speak to both of them this evening

00:32or tonight

00:34the most

00:36the least you can expect

00:38for them to just stand down

00:40and hopefully

00:42to try and enter into negotiations

00:44they've tried

00:46but I think still

00:48peace is the only option available

00:50Tadashi, will it be stern

00:52warning as ASEAN chair

00:54No, no, I think we will

00:56communicate and express

00:58our views

01:00to both the Prime Ministers

01:02High Foreign Ministry spokesman

01:04say no one from ASEAN

01:06has sought to broker here

01:08No, I had

01:10initial discussions

01:12last month with both the Prime Ministers

01:14and now we have

01:16also sent messages to them

01:18but I'm looking forward to talk to them

01:20later

01:22How will this affect the trade in ASEAN?

01:24Pardon?

01:26Well, it's too premature

01:28to suggest that because I think it's temporary

01:30both have

01:32their country's interests at heart

01:34both want to have peaceful resolution

01:36and peaceful resolution of the conflict

01:38and both want to keep ASEAN engaged

01:40and we'll do precisely that

01:42Thank you

01:44When will you call them?

01:46Thanks

01:56Thank you

01:58Thank you

02:12Thank you

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