Trump Brokers Peace Deal, Continues asia Tour
Jakarta – United States President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Monday (27/10), the second stop on his five-day tour of Asia. This is Trump’s longest foreign trip since taking office in January.
His frist stop was the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the forum, Trump witnessed the signing of a peace agreement between Thailand adn Cambodia, called the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords.
The deal builds on a ceasefire reached after Trump intervened in July, when a decades-old border dispute between the two countries flared again and led to five days of clashes.
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After the deal was signed, Trump praised the courage of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and cambodian Prime Minister hun Manet, and said the ceasefire he helped broker had saved “millions of lives.”
“Today is a historic moment for all the people of Southeast Asia, when we signed a historic agreement to end the military conflict between Cambodia and Thailand,” Trump said.
Both countries expressed their commitment to peace and security, and agreed to carry out mine clearance efforts along the border, withdraw heavy weapons, and open access for ASEAN-coordinated ceasefire monitoring teams.
Thailand also agreed to release 18 Cambodian soldiers who have been detained since July.
In addition to the peace agreement, Trump signed reciprocal trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia.Meanwhile, Vietnam is committed to increasing purchases of products from the United States to reduce the trade surplus of $123 billion dollars (equivalent to IDR 2,041 trillion) by 2024.
Trump left Malaysia on Monday (27/10) afternoon for Japan. Japan’s new Prime Minister,Sanae Takaichi,who has only been in office for a week,hopes to build a good personal relationship with Trump to ease trade tensions.
On a flight to Tokyo on Air Force One, Trump said his meeting in Japan would highlight “the great friendship between the United States and Japan.”