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Bangkok, July 27 (EFE).- Malaysia announced on Sunday that the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet on Monday in Kuala Lumpur to negotiate a solution to the armed confrontation they have been holding since Thursday on their shared border.
In statements to the Malaysian news agency Bernama, the country's Foreign Minister, Mohamad Hasan, said that Thailand's interim Prime Minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, and Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Manet, will arrive on Monday night in Kuala Lumpur to try to reach a solution to the conflict.
Neither Bangkok nor Phnom Penh have provided further details about the eventual meeting in Kuala Lumpur and, following the announcement by the Malaysian Foreign Minister, the Foreign Office has urged caution, pending further talks between the parties involved, given "the sensitivity surrounding the matter".
Malaysia is expected to act as a mediator in the armed dispute that Thailand and Cambodia have been engaged in for the fourth consecutive day on their shared border, as it holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
"They have full confidence in Malaysia and have requested that it act as a mediator," noted the chancellor, after speaking with the foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia, who "agreed that no other country should get involved in this matter."
The country's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, already proposed a ceasefire on Friday in the confrontation, which has resulted in at least 34 deaths, dozens injured, and thousands displaced.
Mohamad Hasan added that he is "waiting for a phone call from the U.S. Secretary of State (Marco Rubio), as they want to know how the United States can help."
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday on his social network Truth Social after speaking with the leaders of Bangkok and Nom Pen that both nations had agreed to "meet immediately and quickly negotiate a ceasefire" to resolve the dispute on their dividing line.
Both Bangkok and Phnom Penh, which have a historical territorial dispute, showed themselves open to initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a peaceful solution, but today the attacks by both sides continued in what is the fourth day of the conflict. EFE
