Banteay Meanchey: The ASEAN Observer Team–Cambodia (AOT-KH) observed, verified and reported on the border situation at the Boeung Trakuan crossing point in Kok Romiet commune, Thma Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province after the ceasefire came into effect.
A press release from the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense said that on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, the Cambodian Coordination Group (CLG) coordinated with the ASEAN Observer Team–Cambodia (AOT-KH), led by the Head of Mission of the ASEAN Observer Team (AOT KH HOM) from the Republic of the Philippines, to observe, verify, and report on the border situation in the Boeung Trakuan Pass area in Kok Romiet commune, Thma Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province, after the ceasefire came into effect.
Please be informed that up to now, 1,870 civilian families in the Boeung Trakuan area, equivalent to 8,790 people, including 1,980 children, are displaced and have not yet been able to return to their homes due to the illegal occupation of Cambodian territory by Thai military forces at the above location through the installation of barbed wire. Deployed containers, including their homes, were also destroyed.
The observation, verification and reporting at the above locations by the ASEAN observer team highlights the absolute necessity for the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Border Commission (JBC) to begin the border survey as soon as possible. In accordance with the existing agreement as stated in the fourth point of the Joint Declaration of the Third Special Meeting of the General Cambodian-Thai Boundary Commission (GBC) on December 27, 2025, to allow the innocent civilians of Cambodia to return to their homes without hindrance and in safety and dignity.
Cambodia remains firmly committed to protecting the Cambodian-Thai international border line left by the Indochina-Siamese Boundary Commission, respecting the principles of international law, the principle of the unalterable boundary line (Uti Possidetis Juris), respecting the Convention, the French-Siamese Treaty, the Demarcation Protocol, the maps resulting from the demarcation work of the Indochina-Siamese Boundary Commission, the minutes of the meetings and the demarcation minutes of the Indochina-Siamese Boundary Commission, the 2000 TOR, as well as the relevant agreements and documents agreed upon by both parties in the past.
In this regard, Cambodia absolutely does not recognize any change in the border line resulting from the use of force and illegal occupation of territory by creating a fait accompli, and continues to formally protest to the Thai side any unilateral actions or violations of the Thai side’s legitimate territorial integrity.
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