Cambodia hosted an extraordinary meeting of the Cambodia–Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) on August 25, 2025. Lieutenant General Ek Sam Aun, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Army and commander of the 5th Military Region, led the Cambodian delegation. Vice Admiral Apichat Sapprasert, commander of Thailand’s Chanthaburi–Trat Border Defence Command, led the Thai delegation. They co-chaired the meeting.
The sides committed to implementing the outcomes of the July 28, 2025 special meeting in Putrajaya between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai. Malaysia hosted, the United States co-organized and China took an active part.
They agreed to maintain regular contact between military regions and areas and among units along the border, work to settle issues peacefully and avoid clashes. They stressed that stronger contacts at all levels would help build trust and good-neighbourly relations and noted progress in cooperation across sectors toward restoring normal conditions.
The sides reaffirmed the importance of humanitarian demining. They agreed to refer the matter, which falls under the General Border Committee’s mandate, to that committee’s next meeting, which they had already agreed to hold soon.
The meeting ended with a renewed commitment to restore normal conditions along the border, improve good-neighbourly relations and promote peace, stability and prosperity for both populations. The sides agreed that Thailand would host the next RBC meeting within a month of the extraordinary session or at another suitable time.
Source: Cambodian Ministry of National Defence
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television. Edited by: ចិន្តា ទីទិ
