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US President Donald Trump is set to witness the signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia immediately upon his arrival in Malaysia on Sunday, he announced while en route to Asia. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that he was on his way to Malaysia to “sign the great Peace Deal, which I proudly brokered between Cambodia and Thailand”. “Sadly, the Queen Mother of Thailand has just passed away. I send my condolences to the Great People of Thailand,” Trump wrote on his social media platform from aboard Air Force One. “In order to accommodate everyone for this major event, we will be signing the Peace Deal immediately upon arrival,” he added. Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who had requested an earlier signing following the death of the Kingdom’s Queen Mother, will be present for the ceremony. On Saturday, Anutin confirmed that he had postponed his departure for the ASEAN summit in Malaysia but would still attend the peace deal signing, to be witnessed by Trump and Malaysia’s Prime Minister. “I cancelled my trip to Malaysia today. However, regarding the peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia with the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the US President, I’ve asked them to rescheduled for tomorrow morning instead,” Anutin told reporters broadcast on local television. The Thai royal palace announced that Queen Sirikit, the mother of King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, passed away late Friday at the age of 93. “It is a great loss to the nation,” Anutin said before an emergency cabinet meeting on Saturday. Malaysia’s foreign minister said last week that Trump would attend the ceremonial signing of the peace agreement during the ASEAN summit. Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flared in July, leading to the deadliest border clashes in decades. The fighting left more than 40 people dead and displaced around 300,000 residents. A ceasefire was reached after five days of hostilities, brokered in part by Trump, though both sides have since accused each other of violating the truce. The Thai royal family holds a deeply revered status, often regarded as semi-divine and honored through glowing media coverage and gold-framed portraits displayed across the country.
