Phnom Penh: Government Spokesperson Pen Bona said that Cambodia calls on Thailand to stop making excuses for its deliberate delay in the border demarcation process and return to the border demarcation process in good faith.
In a statement on the Cambodia-Thai border situation on July 21, 2026, Mr. Pen Bona continued to highlight the activeness of economic diplomacy and diplomacy to protect the integrity of the territory and the people. He stressed that Cambodia calls on Thailand to stop making excuses for its deliberate delay and return to the demarcation process in good faith as already agreed between the two countries, under the terms of the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding and the December 27, 2025 Joint Declaration.
He added that “the indefinite postponement of the demarcation process to permanently seize and occupy Cambodian territory that Thailand is illegally occupying is a serious violation of the United Nations Charter and the ASEAN Charter, and such actions cannot be allowed to continue.”
The spokesperson stressed that the demarcation of the land border through the JBC was already agreed upon by both countries under the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 14, 2000. And reaffirmed in the joint statement of December 27, 2025.
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