Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo BANGKOK, Jan 9 : The United States, which played a major role in ending border clashes last year between Thailand and Cambodia, will be providing USD 45 million in aid packages to the two Southeast Asian countries in an effort to ensure regional stability and prosperity, a senior US State Department official said Friday. US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Michael DeSombre made the announcement in an online media briefing in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, where he was meeting with senior Thai officials to discuss the implementation of last October’s ceasefire, also known as the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords. Longstanding competing claims to territory along the Thai-Cambodian border was the root cause of the fighting.
