China says it’s ready to help Asean monitor Thailand-Cambodia truce
Top diplomat Wang Yi hosts two days of talks with Cambodian and Thai counterparts to consolidate a border ceasefire
China was ready to help Asean observers monitor the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday, a day after Bangkok and Phnom Penh called a halt to weeks of deadly border clashes.
“China supports Asean in playing its due role and is ready to assist the Asean observer mission in monitoring the ceasefire,” Wang told his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn during talks in Yuxi, Yunnan province.
China hosts trilateral talks to help monitor Thai-Cambodian ceasefire
An observer team from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will monitor the truce, which ended about three weeks of fighting that left at least 47 people dead and more than a million displaced.
The Yunnan talks are part of two days of meetings China is hosting with the foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia in the southwestern Chinese province. Representatives of the three countries’ militaries are also taking part.
Wang also said that China would send humanitarian supplies to Cambodia to help with the resettlement of displaced persons along the border.
The first batch of aid – valued at 20 million yuan (US$2.8 million) – arrived in the Cambodian capital on Sunday and included tents, blankets and food.