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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei and agencies

Trump oversees Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire signing as Asia tour gets under way

Donald Trump at the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal between Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian PM Hun Manet
Donald Trump at the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal between Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian PM Hun Manet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Donald Trump has overseen the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the first day of an Asia tour where he will seal new trade agreements and hold a crucial meeting with Xi Jinping.

The US president arrived in Malaysia on Sunday before the Asean summit in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. At a ceasefire ceremony in front of a sign that read “Delivering Peace”, the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, and his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, signed an expanded ceasefire deal related to a deadly five-day conflict in July.

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