AKP Phnom Penh, December 27, 2025 --

H.E. Dato’s Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and ASEAN Chair for 2025, has welcomed the ceasefire agreed by Cambodia and Thailand, which took effect at 12:00 (UTC+7) today. 

“The decision to halt fighting and to hold forces in place reflects a shared recognition that restraint is required, above all in the interest of civilians,” he underlined in a social media post this afternoon.

H.E. Dato’s Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim added that he Joint Statement sets out practical and positive measures, including verification by the ASEAN Observer Team (AOT) and direct communication between defence authorities. “These provide a basis for stability, and I am hopeful that both sides will carry them out faithfully,” he said.

“As Malaysia hands over the ASEAN Chair to the Philippines at midnight on 1 January 2026, we will support all efforts to ensure that these undertakings are honoured and that ASEAN’s prestige and credibility as a region of peace are preserved,” he concluded. 

The Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire was reached at the 3rd Special General Border Committee (GBC) Meeting, held this morning at the Prom-Pak Kard Permanent Border Checkpoint, located between Pailin province of Cambodia and Chanthaburi province of Thailand, under the co-chairmanship of H.E. Gen. Tea Seiha, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, and his Thai counterpart H.E. Gen. Nattaphon Narkphanit, under the AOT observation.

By C. Nika