Thailand rejects international mediation to end fighting with Cambodia

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Bangkok is seeking a bilateral solution to the conflict, insisting that Phnom Penh cease its attacks.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2025/07/25/thailand-rejects-international-mediation-to-end-fighting-with-cambodia  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NikorndejBalankura #Thailand #Cambodia

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00:00Thailand has rejected mediation efforts from third countries to end the ongoing conflict

00:05with Cambodia, insisting that Phnom Penh cease attacks and resolve the situation

00:10only through bilateral talks, its foreign ministry said today.

00:14Simmering border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have flared into open hostilities

00:19at multiple locations along the front line, with exchanges of artillery for a second straight day.

00:24At least 16 people, most of them Thai civilians, have died so far in the heaviest fighting

00:30between the Southeast Asian neighbors in over a decade.

00:34The US, China, and Malaysia, which is the current chair of ASEAN, have offered to facilitate dialogue,

00:39but Bangkok is seeking a bilateral solution to the conflict.

00:43Thai foreign ministry spokesman, Nikon Dejbal and Kura, said Thailand does not need any mediation

00:48from a third country yet, Reuters reported.

00:51Cambodia and Thailand accused each other of starting the conflict early yesterday at a disputed site,

00:57which quickly escalated from small arms fire to heavy shelling along a border where

01:02sovereignty has been disputed for more than a century.

01:05Nikon Dej said the Cambodian side must stop violence along the border first.

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