United States has made a statement! After Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an immediate ceasefire, the United States responded! On December 28th, according to AFP, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated that he welcomed the ceasefire and called on both sides to "immediately fulfill this commitment" and fully implement all provisions of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Agreement. Frankly speaking, this statement from the United States is very strange. In this conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, the United States has hardly played any substantive role in promoting the ceasefire.
Even the German media, which has long held a bias against us, has stated that China played a key role. China not only conducted shuttle diplomacy, but also the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand are about to visit China for a trilateral meeting with our Foreign Minister Wang Yi. One of the contents of the trilateral meeting will include coordinating efforts to combat telecom fraud. However, now the United States is even calling on both sides to "immediately fulfill this commitment," which makes it seem as if the United States mediated this ceasefire.
Evidently, what does this action by the United States indicate? It only indicates one thing: although we have played a significant influence and worked hard to achieve regional peace, the United States absolutely does not want to watch itself become an irrelevant player. Therefore, the United States is eager to make a statement to highlight its presence. However, this kind of diplomatic performance by the United States is clear to regional countries who is actively promoting peace and stabilizing the situation. We are increasingly playing a role in regional affairs, and this fact obviously cannot be changed by the will of the United States.
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