KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Special Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) on the situation in Cambodia and Thailand, originally scheduled for Tuesday (Dec 16), has been postponed to next Monday (Dec 22) at the request of Thailand.
The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a media advisory said the Special AMM will be chaired by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan in Malaysia’s capacity as the current ASEAN Chair.
"The convening of the Special AMM is a follow-up to the decision of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand on Dec 11 in the effort to address the situation between Cambodia and Thailand,” it said.
Earlier, Anwar said negotiations are ongoing to de-escalate the situation between the two ASEAN member states.
"However, we continue to appeal to both sides to stop the fighting. The situation is very critical, and I remain in virtual contact with them on a daily basis,” he told reporters at the launch of the book The Man Who Could Move Mountains: Reflections on the Social Activism of S.M. Mohamed Idris at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia here Monday.
Malaysia had earlier called on both Thailand and Cambodia to cease all forms of hostilities and refrain from any further military action, including the deployment of armed troops to the front lines, following renewed fighting in the border area. - Bernama
