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US President Donald Trump on Saturday called the leaders of both warring countries-- Thailand and Cambodia-- and claimed both sides want "an immediate ceasefire" and ultimately peace. Like India and Pakistan ceasefire claims, Trump desperately claimed credit for forcing both sides to peace and added that he warned if they do not follow his instructions, he would not proceed with the trade negotiations. Both sides are yet to respond to Trump's big claims.

In a series of social media posts during a visit to Scotland, Trump said he had spoken to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand's acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, and warned them that he would not make trade deals with either of the Southeast Asian governments as long as the border conflict continued.

"Both Parties are looking for an immediate Ceasefire and Peace. They are also looking to get back to the “Trading Table” with the United States, which we think is inappropriate to do until such time as the fighting STOPS. They have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE!," Trump wrote on his social media platform, The Truth Social.

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Trump recalls India-Pakistan ceasefire

"I am trying to simplify a complex situation! Many people are being killed in this War, but it very much reminds me of the Conflict between Pakistan and India, which was brought to a successful halt," Trump claimed, despite the fact that New Delhi rejected his mediation claims.

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Before Trump spoke to the two leaders, clashes on the Thai-Cambodian border persisted into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides said they had acted in self-defence in the border dispute and called on the other to cease fighting and start negotiations.
More than 30 people have been killed and more than 1,30,000 people displaced in the worst fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours in 13 years.

Thailand-Cambodia war

There were clashes early on Saturday, both sides said, in the neighbouring Thai coastal province of Trat and Cambodia's Pursat Province, a new front more than 100 km (60 miles) from
other conflict points along the long-contested border. The two countries have faced off since the killing of a Cambodian soldier late in May during a brief skirmish. Troops on both sides of the border were reinforced amid a full-blown diplomatic crisis that brought Thailand's fragile coalition government to the brink of collapse.

As of Saturday, Thailand said seven soldiers and 13 civilians had been killed in the clashes, while in Cambodia five soldiers and eight civilians had been killed, said Defense
Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata.

(With inputs from agency)