Overview
- Foreign ministers from ASEAN met in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to seek a durable ceasefire, with Malaysia urging focus on the humanitarian toll and regional stability.
- Following the session, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold direct talks on Wednesday, though Bangkok offered no assurance that a truce will follow.
- Cambodia accused Thailand of launching F‑16 strikes into Siem Reap and Preah Vihear hours after the regional talks; the allegation has not been independently confirmed.
- Officials report about 518,611 people displaced in Cambodia and roughly 400,000 in Thailand, with at least 41 deaths since fighting resumed on December 12.
- Thailand’s position conditions negotiations on Phnom Penh first announcing a ceasefire and cooperating on demining, with any truce dependent on an army assessment, as the US, China, the EU and the UN call for restraint and China’s envoy Deng Xijun urges a truce.