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US provides 45 million USD to reinforce Thailand–Cambodia agreement

The US will allocate 15 million USD for border stabilisation to help communities recover and to support people displaced by the recent conflict, and 10 million USD for demining and clearing of unexploded ordnance.

A house in Surin province, Thailand, is destroyed during the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia on December 11, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
A house in Surin province, Thailand, is destroyed during the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia on December 11, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The US on January 9 announced an aid package of around 45 million USD to help reinforce the ceasefire agreement reached between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025.

In a statement, Michael DeSombre, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, said the US would provide 20 million USD to help the two countries combat drug trafficking and scam operations. In addition, the US will allocate 15 million USD for border stabilisation to help communities recover and to support people displaced by the recent conflict, and 10 million USD for demining and clearing of unexploded ordnance.

Speaking about his visit to Thailand and Cambodia to discuss ways to strengthen the ceasefire, DeSombre reaffirmed that the US will continue to support the Cambodian and Thai governments as they implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords and pave the way for a return to peace, prosperity, and stability for their people and the region.

According to a source from the US State Department, DeSombre is scheduled to meet senior Thai and Cambodian officials in Bangkok and Phnom Penh on January 9 and 10 to discuss implementation of the peace accords and broader efforts to promote shared interests in a safer, stronger and more prosperous Indo-Pacific.

Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand flared up again last month, around five months after a previous ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. At the end of December 2025, the two countries agreed to another ceasefire, bringing an end to 20 days of fighting that left dozens dead and forced more than half a million people on both sides to flee their homes./.

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