A number of foreign military attachés from embassies in Cambodia have expressed their hopes that peace, stability and normalcy between Cambodia and Thailand will be fully restored soon.
Their remarks followed their March 4 inspection of several locations along the border, where they met with many displaced Cambodians.
Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence, noted that the delegation had expressed their hopes that peace and stability will create the necessary conditions for the displaced citizens to return to their homes and resume their normal lives.
Attachés from 12 countries visited displaced people at a camp in Wat Kandaol, Thma Puok district, and inspected the border situation at Prey Chan village and Boeung Takuon area in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province.
During the visit, they observed the shipping containers and razor barricades that the Thai military have installed since the December 27 ceasefire went into effect.
At the Wat Kandaol camp, the attachés met with some of the 1,632 families — more than 5,000 people — who are still unable to return to their homes.
They cannot return due to the illegal occupation of Cambodian territory by Thai military forces and the deployment of barbed wire and shipping containers, as well as the destruction of houses, according to Socheata.
She reaffirmed Cambodia’s position.
“In the spirit of loving peace and respecting international law, Cambodia strictly adheres to the ceasefire and all points of the Joint Statement dated December 27, 2025, as well as other agreements made in the past,” she said.
“Cambodia maintains a firm stance in defending the Cambodia-Thailand international border line left by the Indochina-Siam Boundary Commission by respecting the principles of international law, the principle of territorial integrity (Uti Possidetis Juris), the French-Siamese conventions and treaties, maps and the border post records of the Indochina-Siam Boundary Commission, as well as other relevant documents agreed upon by both parties in the past.
“Cambodia absolutely does not recognise any change to the border line resulting from the use of force,” she added.
It has been more than two months since the December 27 ceasefire, yet nearly 50,000 Cambodians are still unable to return home.
In some locations, Thai forces have fenced off areas with razor wire, placed shipping containers and demolished houses, while some other place, their homes are in designated “Red Zones” —areas directly adjacent to the locations where Thailand has placed the barricades.
