Joint Press Release
Extraordinary Regional Border Committee (RBC) Meeting
the 2nd Army Area of the Kingdom of Thailand and
the 4th Military Region of the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 27th August 2025, Si Saket, Thailand

The Extraordinary Thailand-Cambodia Regional Border Committee (RBC) Meeting was held on 27 August 2025 in Si Saket, Thailand. It was co-chaired by His Excellency Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang, Commander of the 2nd Army Area, and His Excellency Lieutenant General Pov Heng, Commander of the 4th Military Region.

The meeting is aimed at fostering discussion and increasing confidence to de-escalate tension and maintain peace along the border using all necessary mechanism to resolve differences peacefully and avoid clashes in the spirit of good neighborliness, friendship, and solidarity.

In this spirit, both sides agreed as follows:

1. Both sides reaffirm the unwavering commitments to implementing decisions made at the Special Meeting on 28 July 2025 and the Extraordinary GBC Meeting on 7 August 2025.
   
   
2. Both sides agree to maintain regular communications between all military regions and army areas and units along the border of both sides and strive to resolve all issues peacefully and avoid clashes. Both sides underline the importance of further intensifying the communication at all levels in order to build trust, and promote good neighborliness.
   
   
3. Both sides also commit to refraining from disseminating false information or fake news in order to de-escalate tensions, mitigate negative public sentiment, and seek to establish practical measures to foster an environment conducive to peaceful dialogue.
   
   
4. Both sides agree not to expand the scope and scale of the disputes, including provocative activities by either military personnel or civilians that may escalate tensions such as inflammatory speech and military activities that encroach into the other side as it was when the ceasefire entered into force at 24:00 hours (local time) on 28 July 2025.
   
   
5. Any actions to ensure safety, including patrols and the construction or enhancement of infrastructure or fortifications, strictly of a non-offensive nature and confined strictly to one’s own side, may be carried out by either side in full compliance of the terms of the ceasefire reached by both sides at the Special Meeting on 28 July 2025 in Putrajaya, and the Extraordinary GBC Meeting on 7 August 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This measure is intended to foster an atmosphere of mutual trust and cooperation between the two sides.
   
   
6. Both sides underscored the positive momentum and progress achieved through these engagements in advancing cooperation across all sectors, with the shared aim of returning to normalcy.
   
   
7. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of humanitarian demining and agreed to refer this issue, which falls under the mandate of the GBC, to the upcoming GBC Meeting, which is scheduled to take place soon, as agreed by both sides.
   
   
8. Both sides agreed in principle to establish a Coordinating Group (CG) to enhance communication at all levels, including between commanders, border liaison working groups, standing forces in the border areas, and operational units along the Cambodia - Thailand border, with the aim of resolving all issues peacefully and avoid clashes. The details will be discussed in the next RBC. In the interim, prior to the establishment of the CG, local task force commanders from both sides, including the Thailand-Cambodia and Cambodia-Thailand Border Coordination Units, will meet weekly, or as appropriate, to resolve issues arising within their respective areas of responsibility.
   
   
9. Both sides reaffirmed their willingness to cooperate and collaborate with each other in combating and preventing transnational crimes, including call center operations (online scams), drug trafficking, human trafficking, weapons trafficking, and other cross-border criminal activities by exploring concrete and practical cooperation through existing frameworks. These issues, which fall under the mandate of the GBC, should be addressed at the upcoming GBC Meeting, which is scheduled to take place soon, as agreed by both sides.
   
   
10. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of an effective and prompt response to protests on any disputes arising along the border, and agreed to refer the issues, which cannot be resolved at the Regional Border Committee (RBC) level, to the General Border Committee (GBC) Meeting or to other appropriate mechanisms as agreed by both sides.
    
    
11. The date of the next RBC meeting will be held within a month after this meeting, or as appropriate, with Cambodia as the hosting state.