Trump set to witness Kuala Lumpur Accord on Thai-Cambodian border

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Kuala Lumpur on October 26 to witness a planned peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit scheduled for October 26 to 28. Malaysian and U.S. officials are facilitating talks aimed at broadening a July ceasefire into a more durable accord that would require both countries to remove land mines and withdraw heavy weapons from their shared border, Mohamad said.

"During the summit, we hope to see the signing of a declaration, known as the Kuala Lumpur Accord, between these two neighbours to ensure peace and a lasting ceasefire," Mohamad told reporters. He said Malaysia and the United States would help facilitate a truce that includes mine clearance and the removal of heavy artillery from border areas.

Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia erupted into a five-day conflict in late July along sections of an undemarcated land border, resulting in dozens of deaths and the temporary displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. An initial ceasefire was brokered at the end of July after mediation by Malaysia's prime minister and...