Malaysian Overseas Minister Mohamad Hasan says the US president will oversee a peace deal on the upcoming ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
Printed On 14 Oct 2025
United States President Donald Trump will oversee a proper peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of an Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in keeping with Malaysian Overseas Minister Mohamad Hasan.
Trump will go to the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on October 26 to witness the settlement, Hasan advised reporters.
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“Through the summit, we hope to see the signing of a declaration generally known as the Kuala Lumpur Accord between these two neighbours to make sure peace and an enduring ceasefire,” he mentioned.
The forty seventh ASEAN Summit is because of happen in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to twenty-eight, bringing collectively heads of state from 10 Southeast Asian nations and different dialogue companions.
Earlier than the announcement on Tuesday, it was unclear whether or not the US president would, in truth, attend this yr’s ASEAN summit. Trump has been equally non-committal about whether or not he’ll attend the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea the next weekend.
US information outlet Politico reported final week that Trump’s participation at ASEAN was contingent on whether or not the bloc would maintain an official ceasefire ceremony with him on the helm.
Trump additionally reportedly requested that Chinese language officers not be part of the ceremony, Politico mentioned, though China and Malaysia additionally performed a serious position within the ceasefire negotiations between Thailand and Cambodia.
Trump has as a substitute largely taken credit score for ending the five-day conflict in July that killed not less than 43 folks and displaced greater than 300,000, in a dispute over unmarked sections of the Thai-Cambodian border.
The border spans greater than 800km (500 miles) and is an ongoing space of dispute that has led to violent confrontations between Cambodia and Thailand prior to now.
Regardless of the ceasefire, clashes persisted into September alongside a disputed section of the border.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet earlier this yr nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize for his position in negotiating the deal and “in recognition of his historic contributions in advancing world peace”.
Trump’s perspective in the direction of the Thai-Cambodian border battle mirror his actions within the Center East, the place he took credit score for a ceasefire deal this week between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The US president additionally led a gathering of world leaders in Egypt on Monday to supervise an official ceasefire signing ceremony, attended by leaders of about 20 nations.
