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Renewed tensions have flared between Thailand and Cambodia, prompting Thailand to suspend the "peace deal" signed only two weeks prior under the supervision of Donald Trump. The Thai government initiated the suspension after soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the Cambodian border. The agreement was meant to ensure lasting peace following border clashes in July that claimed over 40 lives, but Cambodia maintains its commitment to upholding the deal.
The two sides signed the agreement - which Thailand has refused to call a peace deal - in October during a ceremony with the US president in Malaysia.
But on Monday, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told a news conference on Monday that he agreed with the decision taken by the country's defence chiefs, saying the "security threat.... has not actually decreased". According to the Bangkok Post, the soldiers were injured while on patrol - one of whom lost their foot.
Anutin said he planned to visit the injured soldiers on Tuesday.
The border dispute between the two sides dates back more than a century, to when the border was drawn following the French occupation of Cambodia. The disagreement has led to a number of clashes over the years, with this most recent one causing 300,000 to flee.
A ceasefire was agreed within days, and the agreement signed in Malaysia - called the "Joint Declaration by the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia on the outcomes of their meeting in Kuala Lumpur" by Bangkok - was signed in October.
Both agreed to withdraw their heavy weapons from the disputed region, and to establish an interim observer team to monitor it.
