"The United States has announced it will provide $45m in aid to help solidify a fragile truce brokered by President Donald Trump between Thailand and Cambodia. Michael DeSombre, the US assistant secretary for East Asia, said on Friday that the US would offer $20m to help both countries combat drug trafficking and cyberscams, which have become a major concern in Cambodia."
"DeSombre also said $15m would be given for border stabilisation efforts to help support people displaced by the recent fighting, as well as $10m for de-mining and unexploded ordnance clearance. The United States will continue to support the Cambodian and Thai governments as they implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords and pave the way for a return to peace, prosperity and stability for their people and the region, DeSombre said in a statement."
"Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand flared up again last month, after the collapse of a truce brokered in July by Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to end a previous round of conflict. The Southeast Asian neighbours agreed on another ceasefire on December 27, halting 20 days of fighting that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides."
The United States announced $45m in aid to support a fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia. The package allocates $20m to combat drug trafficking and cyberscams, $15m for border stabilisation to assist displaced people, and $10m for demining and unexploded ordnance clearance. Michael DeSombre met with senior Thai and Cambodian officials in Bangkok and Phnom Penh to discuss implementation of the peace accords. The funding is intended to support implementation of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords signed during Trump’s October visit to Malaysia. Border clashes flared after a previous truce collapsed, and a December 27 ceasefire halted 20 days of fighting that killed at least 101 and displaced over half a million.
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