Thailand suspends "peace deal" with Cambodia, brokered two weeks ago by Trump [View all]

Source: Telegrafi

Thailand says it is suspending implementation of its "peace agreement" with neighboring Cambodia over a disputed border - just two weeks after Donald Trump presided over its signing.

Thailand's announcement came after soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the Cambodian border in Sisaket province, a government spokesman said, foreign media reported, according to the Telegraph.

Cambodia has said it remains committed to the agreement, which is supposed to bring lasting peace after border clashes that left more than 40 dead in July.

The two sides signed the agreement - which Thailand has refused to call a peace treaty - in October during a ceremony with the US president in Malaysia.

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