4:00 PM, August 29, 2025

Keynote Address by H.E. Chum Sounry, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation(MoFAIC):

 

This afternoon I would like to share with all of you the information on the meeting between the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations and the UN Secretary-General. His Excellency Mr. Chhea Keo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations, held a working meeting with His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 27 August 2025.

His Excellency the Permanent Representative briefed the UN Secretary-General on the current situation of the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, stressing that Cambodia has consistently respected the ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides and has exercised the utmost patience in the face of the Thai military’s continued violations of the ceasefire.

He expressed deep concern over Thailand’s recent provocations, particularly the laying of new barbed wire fences cutting across Cambodian villages, forcing Cambodian residents who have long lived there out of their homes and destroying their houses. He further emphasized that Cambodia has not laid any new mines as alleged by Thailand. The mines present in Cambodia are remnants of Cambodia’s civil war, a fact that has already been explained to the relevant UN institutions. On this occasion, the Permanent Representative handed to the UN Secretary-General photographic evidence showing Thai soldiers laying barbed wire cutting across Cambodian villages, as well as explanatory photos prepared by CMAC, distinguishing between old mines and new ones.

Thank you.