The conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that broke out on Thursday, July 24, 2025 along 12 locations along the border has claimed the lives of 33 people.

Cambodia has called for an "immediate" ceasefire with Thailand as the two have seen more than 30 people killed in the ongoing border clashes.

Thailand and Cambodia's leaders are due to meet for peace talks on Monday, as a festering territorial dispute along their shared frontier dragged into a fifth day of open combat.

The talks are scheduled to start at 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT), with Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai leading the Thai delegation, the government announced in a statement on Sunday night.

Both countries' foreign ministers agreed that no other country should be involved in the issue, Mohamad Hasan said.

While long-standing border disputes explain some of the current violence between Thailand and Cambodia, the conflict’s escalation is primarily driven by Thai elites’ drive to consolidate military

The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump on Saturday.

BANGKOK -- Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister’s office said Sunday. This comes following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end a deadly border dispute, now in its fourth day, which has killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 218,000.

Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people.

More than 100,000 people have been displaced in the deadliest conflict between the two nations in 14 years. Thailand’s acting prime minister warned on Friday that clashes with Cambodia over a border dispute “could develop into war” as the deadliest fighting between the two countries in years extended into a second day.

The neighbours are locked in a bitter spat over an area known as the Emerald Triangle. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.