Cambodia suspends all border crossings with Thailand, fight continues

Cambodia's Ministry of Interior announced in a press release on Saturday that it would suspend all border crossings with Thailand until further notice, reported Xinhua.

The press release said the move was made after the Thai side had committed acts of aggression against Cambodia's sovereignty through indiscriminate attacks, causing civilian casualties and damaging residential areas and infrastructure.

In this regard, Cambodian citizens currently residing and working in Thailand are advised to continue living and working there as normal. Likewise, Thai nationals currently residing and working in Cambodia are advised to remain in Cambodia as usual, until a ceasefire is in place, it said.

Meanwhile, Cambodia called on Thailand to immediately cease military actions against Cambodia and its civilian infrastructure, Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra said on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, the Thai forces, using two F-16 fighter jets, struck a hotel and two bridges at the Thmor Da checkpoint in Veal Veng District, Pursat Province, he said.

"Thai forces have expanded their attacks to target Cambodian civilians and residential villages, and to destroy civilian infrastructure," Pheaktra said, adding that, as of Friday, Thai military actions have caused 11 civilian deaths and 59 injuries.

Across five provinces, there are 89,687 displaced families, totaling 303,213 people, he added.

The minister said that Thailand has repeatedly violated Cambodia's sovereignty and ended the ceasefire through sustained military actions inside Cambodian territory.

Pheaktra said Cambodia remains firmly committed to peace, dialogue, and international law.

Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said they held separate phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday regarding their border conflict. Trump later said the two leaders had agreed to a ceasefire effective Friday evening, a claim that the Thai side denied on Saturday.

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said at a press conference Saturday that landmines causing Thai military casualties along the Thailand-Cambodia border were deliberately planted by Cambodia instead of an "accident," expressing disappointment over U.S. President Donald Trump's related social media remarks.

Sihasak said that the U.S. side may not have a full grasp of the facts or might have received inaccurate information. He cited Cambodia's seven documented instances of laying landmines along the border, as verified by independent observers, along with its premeditated BM-21 rocket attack on Thai civilian areas.

Countering Trump's claim of an excessive response, the Thai foreign minister emphasized that his country's response was proportional to the attacks it had endured.

Sihasak said that the Thai people were disappointed by Trump's comment that the roadside bomb, which killed and injured multiple Thai soldiers, was an "accident," noting that such remarks had hurt the feelings of the Thai people.

Sihasak also raised concerns that 6,000 to 7,000 Thai nationals were stranded on the Cambodian side of the Poipet border checkpoint, unable to return home. He pointed out that Thailand had never hindered the repatriation of Cambodian citizens residing in the country, while Cambodia had repeatedly delayed the reopening of border crossings.

Meanwhile, the latest round of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia has left 15 Thai soldiers dead, Surasant Kongsiri, spokesperson for Thailand's Ministry of Defence, announced at a Saturday press conference.