ចេញផ្សាយ ពី P M C TV
Unofficial Translation PRESS RELEASE
Her Excellency Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, the Spokeswoman of the Ministry of National Defence, would like to inform the general public, both national and international media outlets, concerning the situation along the Cambodia-Thailand border as follows:
The Thai side has violated the Ceasefire Agreement and the Joint Declaration between Cambodia and Thailand signed by both parties on October 26, 2025, by undertaking acts of aggression against the Cambodian territorial sovereignty through the use of military force. The Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Cambodia categorically condemns in the harshest terms the brutal, barbaric, and belligerent acts of war committed by the Kingdom of Thailand against Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. After the Thai forces engaging in numerous provocative actions for many days with the objective of instigating confrontations, on December 7, 2025, at around 14:15 PM, Thai troops began to fire first on Cambodian forces in the area of Prorlean Thmar in Preah Vihear Province and continued the attack on December 8, 2025, at 05:04 AM until 18:00 PM, the Thai military forces recklessly opened fire at An Ses and other areas in the 4th Military Region. During the attack in the 4th Military Region, the Thai military forces used various types of heavy and destructive weapons such as small arms, machine guns, MT-60mm mortar guns, tanks, 155mm heavy artillery, 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, F-16 fighter jets, AT-6 aircrafts, drones employed for bombardment as well as shooting toxic gas against the Cambodian forces who have been standing resolutely to defend our territorial integrity in that Military Region. Subsequently, at 13:36 PM, the Thai military forces further expanded the scope of their attacks to other areas of the 5th Military Region in Banteay Meanchey Province, where our forces have been standing resolutely to defend our territorial integrity in the locations of Prey Chan and Chok Chey villages, O’ Bei Chon Commune, and Kok Rormiet village, Thmar Pok District, Banteay Meanchey Province, and Sompov Loon District Battambang Province. In the 5th Military Region, the Thai military forces used various types of heavy and destructive weapons such as small arms, 60mm mortar guns, 80mm mortar guns, 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and tanks. As of now (06:00 PM), the Thai military forces have not stopped their act of aggression against Cambodia yet. Despite being fiercely attacked by the Thai military forces since December 7, 2025, to December 8, 2025, the Cambodian forces did not retaliate at all and resolutely exercised the utmost patience. In this regard, the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces remain steadfast and unwavering in their commitment to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and the safety of our people against Thailand’s barbaric and vicious acts of aggression. This 2nd round of Thailand’s deliberate acts of armed aggression against Cambodia clearly validates the intent of the Thai side in annexing neighboring territory by using its illegal unilateral drawn map and the use of force to change the border lines, which goes against international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. Such Thai actions constitute the greatest threat to peace and stability in the region and the world as a whole. The brutal and unlawful actions undertaken by the Thai side are also a grave violation of the Ceasefire Agreement that both countries agreed upon on July 28, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, as witnessed by Malaysia, the United States of America, and the People’s Republic of China, the Joint Declaration between Cambodia and Thailand which both parties signed on October 26, 2025, under the earnest efforts of the U.S. President Donald J. Trump and the Malaysian Prime Minister, H.E. Anwar Ibrahim, as well as the previous bilateral agreements achieved in the Extraordinary and Special Meetings of Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC) and Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC).
