Thailand-Cambodia fighting enters 5th day, Thai PM confirms Trump call

Cambodia rejects claims of preparing to motorboat Chinese-made missiles and utilizing overseas fighters successful borderline clashes.

Fighting betwixt Cambodia and Thailand has entered its 5th day, with Cambodia accusing the Thai subject of continued shelling and Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirming that helium is scheduled to talk with United States President Donald Trump.

Thai forces allegedly carried retired caller attacks successful 3 Cambodian provinces successful the aboriginal hours of Friday morning, according to Cambodian quality outlet The Khmer Times.

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The paper reported that Thai forces opened occurrence successful the Ta Moan, Ta Kra Bei and Thmar Daun areas of Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province.

It besides reported Thai shelling successful the Phnom Khaing and An Ses areas of the country’s Preah Vihear province, arsenic good arsenic the areas of Prey Chan Village and Boeung Trakuan successful adjacent Banteay Meanchey province.

No caller casualties were reported pursuing the renewed fighting.

At slightest 20 radical person been killed crossed some countries, with astir 200 much wounded, since fighting resumed connected Monday.

An estimated 600,000 radical person besides been displaced connected some sides of the Thai-Cambodia borderline since the breakdown of a bid statement brokered by Trump successful October.

Displaced radical transportation boxes with drinking h2o distributed astatine a impermanent campy successful Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey state connected December 11, 2025 [Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP]

In a Facebook post, Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence besides rejected arsenic “fake news” a assertion from the Thai subject that it was utilizing overseas mercenaries to run termination drones successful its attacks connected targets successful Thailand.

“The Ministry of National Defence of Cambodia would similar to cull propaganda disseminated connected the Thai 2nd Army Area Facebook page, which accused Cambodia of utilizing foreigners to assistance motorboat FPV [first idiosyncratic view] drones successful the Cambodian-Thai borderline conflict,” the ministry said.

Separately, the ministry besides rejected accusations from Thai media outlets alleging that it was preparing to motorboat Chinese-made PHL-03 missiles successful the borderline dispute.

The PHL-03 is simply a truck-mounted aggregate rocket launcher that tin occurrence guided and unguided rockets with a scope of 70km to 130km (43.5 miles to 81 miles), according to a US subject database, portion Cambodia’s BM-21 Soviet-designed multi-rocket launchers person a scope of conscionable 15km to 40km (9.3 miles to 25 miles).

“Cambodia demands the Thai broadside to deliberately halt spreading mendacious quality successful bid to divert attraction to its violations of planetary instrumentality by coating Cambodia arsenic a pretext to usage much convulsive weapons connected Cambodia,” the Defence Ministry said.

The Southeast Asian neighbours impeach 1 different of reigniting the struggle that centres astir a centuries-old borderline quality on their 800-kilometre (500-mile) frontier, wherever some sides assertion ownership implicit a smattering of historical temples.

The continued warring involving artillery, combatant jets, tanks and drones comes arsenic Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin confirmed helium was scheduled to talk with President Trump astatine 21:20 section clip (14:20 GMT) connected Friday.

Trump promised connected Wednesday to scope retired to the leaders of some countries, saying helium thinks helium “can get them to halt fighting”.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said connected Thursday that Trump had yet to telephone the Thai and Cambodian leadership, but added that “the medication is evidently tracking this astatine the highest levels and is precise overmuch engaged”.

Thailand’s apical diplomat Sihasak Phuangketkeow spoke with US counterpart Marco Rubio connected Friday up of the planned telephone betwixt Trump and Anutin, Thailand’s overseas ministry said.

Sihasak told Rubio that Thailand was committed to a peaceful resolution, but said sustainable bid indispensable beryllium backed up by actions and genuine commitment, the ministry said successful a statement, adding that Rubio confirmed US readiness to constructively beforehand peace.

Anutin besides said his decision to dissolve parliament connected Thursday – earlier than expected – would not impact the absorption of the ongoing borderline conflict.

The determination comes pursuing a breakdown successful relations betwixt Anutin’s Thai Pride Party and the absorption People’s Party, the largest bloc successful the Thai legislature.

Government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said a legislative impasse had paralysed the government’s agenda, meaning Anutin’s enactment “can’t spell guardant successful parliament”.

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed the dissolution, the country’s authoritative Royal Gazette announced connected Friday, making mode for aboriginal elections.

The nationalist polls indispensable present beryllium held wrong 45 to 60 days successful Thailand.