Trump Attends Ceasefire Ceremony With Thailand And Cambodia During Malaysia Visit - Beritaja

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, watch arsenic Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, 2nd left, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet clasp up a archive aft the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire statement betwixt Thailand and Cambodia connected the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) acme successful Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Mohd Rasfan/POOL AFP/ AP

Mohd Rasfan/POOL AFP/ AP

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire statement connected Sunday during a ceremonial attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, whose threats of economical unit prodded the 2 nations to halt skirmishes on their disputed separator earlier this year.

Thailand will merchandise Cambodian prisoners and Cambodia will statesman withdrawing dense artillery arsenic portion of the first shape of the deal. Regional observers will show the business to guarantee fighting doesn't restart.

"We did thing that a batch of group said couldn't beryllium done," Trump said. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet called it a "historic day," and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the statement creates "the building blocks for a lasting peace."

The ceremonial was Trump's first arena aft arriving astatine the yearly acme of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, hosted successful Kuala Lumpur. The trip, which will proceed pinch visits to Japan and South Korea and a imaginable gathering pinch Chinese leader Xi Jinping, is an opportunity for Trump to burnish his estimation arsenic an world dealmaker astatine a clip erstwhile his tariffs person scrambled the world system and he's feuding pinch Democrats complete a authorities shutdown backmost home.

Trump touched down successful the Malaysian superior soon earlier 0200 GMT, wherever he performed his trademark run way creation pinch section performers and waved an American emblem successful 1 manus and a Malaysian emblem successful the other.

The president signed economical agreements pinch Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, immoderate of them aimed astatine expanding waste and acquisition involving captious minerals. The U.S. wants to trust little connected China, which has constricted exports of cardinal components successful exertion manufacturing.

"It's very important that we cooperate arsenic consenting partners pinch each different to guarantee that we could person soft proviso chains, unafraid proviso chains, for the value of life, for our group and security," said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Trump reengages pinch a cardinal region of the world

The president attended this acme only erstwhile during his first term, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seemed unfamiliar pinch ASEAN during his confirmation proceeding successful January.

But this year's arena was a chance for Trump to reengage pinch a postulation of nations that has a mixed $3.8 trillion system and 680 cardinal people.

"The United States is pinch you 100%, and we intend to beryllium a beardown partner and friend for galore generations to come," Trump said. He described his counterparts arsenic "spectacular leaders" and said, "everything you touch turns to gold."

The acme besides allowed Trump to play world peacemaker pinch Thailand and Cambodia, which person competing territorial claims that consequence successful periodic unit on their border. Some of the worst modern fighting betwixt the 2 countries took spot complete 5 days successful July, sidesplitting dozens and displacing hundreds of thousands of people, immoderate of the worst modern fighting betwixt the 2 countries.

Trump threatened, astatine the time, to withhold waste and acquisition agreements unless the fighting stopped successful a show of economical leverage credited pinch spurring negotiations. A shaky truce has persisted since then.

"The truth that Trump was holding the tariff paper was really very, very significant," said Ou Virak, president of Phnom Penh's Future Forum deliberation tank. "That's about apt the main reason, if not the only reason, but decidedly the main logic why the 2 sides agreed instantly to the ceasefire."

Now, he said, "there's a ceremonial for Trump to beryllium successful beforehand of cameras" truthful he could beryllium "seen arsenic the champion that brings an extremity to wars and conflicts," giving him "more ammunition for his bid for Nobel Peace Prize."

Trump has explicitly campaigned for the honor, continuously adding to a database of conflicts that he either helped resoluteness aliases claims to person ended.

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire statement betwixt Thailand and Cambodia connected the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) acme successful Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Mohd Rasfan/POOL AFP/ AP

Mohd Rasfan/POOL AFP/ AP

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim praised the statement betwixt Thailand and Cambodia during opening remarks astatine the summit, saying, "it reminds america that reconciliation is not concession, but an enactment of courage."

Thai overseas ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura described the woody connected Saturday arsenic a "joint declaration" that will show Thailand and Cambodia "are committed to renewing their relations."

"It's not an extremity successful itself," Nikorndej said. "Work has conscionable begun."

Tariffs are successful attraction connected Trump's trip

Trump is expected to beryllium down pinch Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva while he's successful Kuala Lumpur, but not Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The U.S. leader is angry pinch Canada because of a tv protesting his tariffs, and connected his measurement to the summit, announced connected societal media he would hike tariffs connected Canada because of it.

Another waste and acquisition warfare is beforehand and halfway connected Trump's travel — this one, pinch China. Trump told reporters walking pinch him connected Air Force One that he was optimistic his gathering pinch Xi, expected to return spot successful South Korea, could output advancement connected a scope of issues. Fentanyl trafficking and soybean income are among Trump's priorities.

"I deliberation we person a really bully chance of making a very broad deal," Trump said. "I want our farmers to beryllium taken attraction of. And he wants things also."

It remains to beryllium seen whether Trump's dealmaking addresses longstanding issues aliases puts them disconnected for different day.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Sunday that Washington and Beijing could measurement backmost from their confrontation alternatively of pushing guardant pinch higher tariffs by America and export restrictions connected uncommon world elements by China.

When asked if the 2 countries could widen the waste and acquisition truce from earlier this year, Bessent said: "I would opportunity yes." However, he emphasized that the last determination would beryllium up to Trump.

Trump has expressed assurance about the imaginable of finalizing waste and acquisition agreements pinch Japan and South Korea, 2 longstanding friends and trading partners, during the trip.

"We person deals pinch a batch of group and they're very bully deals," he told reporters walking pinch him connected Air Force One.

One leader who was absent from the acme successful Kuala Lumpur is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Although he was adjacent pinch Trump during his first term, the narration has been much tense lately. Trump caused irritation by boasting that he settled a caller conflict betwixt India and Pakistan, and he has accrued tariffs connected India for its acquisition of Russian oil.