Trump to oversee Cambodia-Thai peace deal at ASEAN summit: Malaysia FM

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan says the US president volition oversee a bid woody astatine the upcoming ASEAN acme successful Kuala Lumpur.

United States President Donald Trump volition oversee a ceremonial bid woody betwixt Cambodia and Thailand connected the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan.

Trump volition sojourn the Malaysian superior of Kuala Lumpur connected October 26 to witnesser the agreement, Hasan told reporters.

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“During the summit, we anticipation to spot the signing of a declaration known arsenic the Kuala Lumpur Accord betwixt these 2 neighbours to guarantee bid and a lasting ceasefire,” helium said.

The 47th ASEAN Summit is owed to instrumentality spot successful Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28, bringing unneurotic heads of authorities from 10 Southeast Asian nations and different dialog partners.

Before the announcement connected Tuesday, it was unclear whether the US president would, successful fact, be this year’s ASEAN summit. Trump has been likewise non-committal astir whether helium volition be the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) acme successful South Korea the pursuing weekend.

US quality outlet Politico reported past week that Trump’s information astatine ASEAN was contingent connected whether the bloc would clasp an authoritative ceasefire ceremonial with him astatine the helm.

Trump besides reportedly requested that Chinese officials not articulation the ceremony, Politico said, though China and Malaysia besides played a large relation successful the ceasefire negotiations betwixt Thailand and Cambodia.

Trump has alternatively mostly taken recognition for ending the five-day conflict successful July that killed astatine slightest 43 radical and displaced much than 300,000, successful a quality implicit unmarked sections of the Thai-Cambodian border.

The borderline spans much than 800km (500 miles) and is an ongoing country of quality that has led to convulsive confrontations betwixt Cambodia and Thailand successful the past.

Despite the ceasefire, clashes persisted into September on a disputed conception of the border.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet earlier this twelvemonth nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize for his relation successful negotiating the woody and “in designation of his historical contributions successful advancing satellite peace”.

Trump’s cognition towards the Thai-Cambodian borderline struggle reflector his actions successful the Middle East, wherever helium took recognition for a ceasefire woody this week betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza.

The US president besides led a gathering of satellite leaders successful Egypt connected Monday to oversee an authoritative ceasefire signing ceremony, attended by leaders of astir 20 countries.