US to provide $45 million to help implement Cambodian-Thai accordsListen to this articleA woman looks out from inside her tent at a temporary shelter amid deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Surin province, on Dec 11, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)The United States ‍will ‍provide $45 million (1.4 billion baht) in assistance to Cambodia and Thailand, the senior US diplomat for East Asia said on Friday ‌during a visit to the region, ​to help solidify President Donald Trump's peace-making efforts between the two. DeSombre said the US, which has slashed its global foreign assistance programmes under Trump, would provide $15 million for border stabilisation to help communities recover and to support people displaced by the recent conflict, and $10 million for demining and clearing of unexploded ordnance. The US would also provide $20 million for initiatives that will help Cambodia and Thailand combat scam operations and drug trafficking, and ‌other ‍programs, DeSombre said. Thailand is a long-time US ally, while the US has sought to improve relations with Cambodia to try ‍to woo it away from strategic rival China.

Source: Bangkok Post January 09, 2026 09:26 UTC