US expects Thailand to work with Cambodia on release of soldiers immediately, official says

FILE PHOTO: This pool photo taken and released on August 1, 2025 by Agence Kampuchea Presse shows a Cambodian soldier (C), who was captured by the Thai military, walking with Thai soldiers as he is returned to Cambodia over the O'Smach border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province. - POOL/AFP

WASHINGTON: The US expects that Thailand will work with Cambodia to begin the release of 18 soldiers immediately, a senior State Department official said on Monday (Oct 27), after the leaders of the countries signed an enhanced ceasefire deal on Sunday in the presence of US President Donald Trump.

"Our expectation is that the process, with respect to all of the commitments, begin as soon as they were signed," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

Ahead of Trump's planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, the official said that US policy on Taiwan "hasn't changed one bit."US policy toward North Korea remains denuclearisation, the official added. - Reuters