PUBLISHED : 11 Nov 2025 at 15:35
Thailand has closed all defence channels used to contact Cambodia in the wake of the latest border landmine explosion, which injured four soldiers, Defence Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit said on Tuesday.
Gen Nattaphon said the ministry had shut down all lines of communication with its Cambodian counterpart. This included his personal contact with Cambodian defence minister Gen Tea Seiha, and future meetings of the General Border Committee (GBC).
Diplomatic channels between the two countries remained open, he said.
The decision was reached during an urgent meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul after four soldiers on routine border patrol in Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket were injured by a landmine on Monday morning.
The Royal Thai Army said it could prove the mine was freshly laid by Cambodian infiltrators, and this was a hostile act.
In the wake of the explosion, the government on Monday suspended the peace deal with Cambodia signed recently in Kuala Lumpur.
The GBC has been the main channel for negotiations between the two defence ministers since the deadly border spat erupted in July. The special GBC meeting on Aug 7 in Kuala Lumpur produced a ceasefire brokered by Malaysia, which currently chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and supported by US Pesident Trump.
Gen Nattaphon said the NSC meeting also agreed to give the armed forces decision-making authority on all operations intended to keep the border situation under control.