New Thai foreign minister calls for troop reductions with Cambodia


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  • Thursday, 25 Sep 2025

Thailand's Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrives, ahead of a royal oath-taking ceremony for the new cabinet, following the Constitutional Court's removal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation, at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand and Cambodia should scale back their military presence along their shared border and work together to de-escalate tensions, Thailand's new foreign minister told reporters on Thursday.

Formally sworn into office along with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a day earlier, Sihasak Phuangketkeow stressed the need to uphold the ceasefire agreed by Thailand and Cambodia at the end of a deadly five-day conflict in July.

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