Despite both the US and China urging a ceasefire, Thailand’s acting prime minister says he’s wary of Cambodia’s ‘acting in good faith’.

Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet began ceasefire talks in Malaysia around 3:15pm local time (0715 GMT).

"The U.S. already flunked the test and that should be a wakeup call," a former senior U.S. State Department official told Newsweek.

The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry. When asked about China’s position as Cambodia and Thailand have recently expressed positive intentions to cease fire and end the conflict under the med

The latest flare-up started on Thursday, with intense fighting spreading across multiple border areas. Early Saturday, Thailand’s navy joined the army in repelling what it described as incursions by Cambodian troops at three points in eastern Trat province.

From Trump’s tariff-fueled ceasefire push in Southeast Asia to political deadlock in Taiwan, a deadly courthouse siege in Iran, and the massacre of Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau State, the world feels like it’s teetering on a knife’s edge—and the blade’s getting sharper.

Tensions have bubbled between the two neighbors for months, flaring on Thursday as Cambodia and Thailand exchanged fire.