President Trump is really upset! Why does the joint statement say that China pushed for the resolution of the Cambodia-Thailand conflict?!
President Trump is really upset this time. After China announced its decision to take action and push for the resolution of the Cambodia-Thailand conflict, the US had calculated the timing very well, immediately calling both sides of the conflict after China and Malaysia mediated, and issuing a statement right away. During this period, China has been mediating between both sides but has never revealed any details.
After the US President issued a statement, Hun Sen, who has low political intelligence, immediately expressed high praise for the US. However, Prak Sokhonn clearly stated: "Thank you for the US's involvement. Before the president called, Malaysia and China had already been mediating."
Today, representatives from China and the US were both at the mediation meeting. However, the official wording in the joint statement was: "China pushed for the political resolution of the border conflict, and the US also proposed a mediation initiative to ease the tension between the two sides." It is clear who the key driver was.
The president became a bit upset upon seeing the statement and emphasized again from Scotland: "The border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia was resolved under the mediation of Washington!"
"We are honored to be involved, and the conflict has basically been resolved. I think they will resolve it today. It lasted for several days, possibly needing years, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. We ended the war, and we are happy about it."
In general, the US President's original intention in mediating the Thailand-Cambodia conflict was good, although there are geopolitical factors involved. After all, it is promoting peace. However, the habit of taking credit and showing off is hard to give up.
Cambodia-Thailand Tensions Escalate
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