Cambodia Highlights An Seh's Territorial Status Following Foreign Military Attachés’ On-Site Inspection

H.E. Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Information of Cambodia, announced on July 30 that foreign military attachés visited the An Seh area following border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand. The visit, which took place after the ceasefire between the two nations took effect, aimed to assess the ground situation and monitor compliance with the truce, which followed fighting from July 24 to 27, 2025. In a post on his personal Facebook page, Minister Neth Pheaktra stated that numerous national and international journalists were present during the attachés' visit, providing foreign military representatives with a direct view of the situation post-conflict. He reported that Thai forces attempted to advance into and seize the An Seh area during the fighting but were unsuccessful. The attacks, he noted, damaged a local shrine and the statue of Lok Ta Oum, a site of significant spiritual and cultural importance to the Cambodian people. Minister Neth Pheaktra described the visit by foreign military attachés as more than a routine ceasefire monitoring mission. He asserted that it provided international witnesses with direct access to the ground situation and reinforced Cambodia's stance on the territorial status of An Seh. Officials from the State Secretariat of Border Affairs, he cited, affirmed that the An Seh area is situated within Cambodian territory, based on historical records and legally relevant cartographic evidence, including the 1:200,000-scale map and boundary-pillar records from the Indochina-Siam Boundary Commission from 1908 and 1919. The Minister also claimed that Thailand’s unilaterally produced L7017 map at a scale of 1:50,000 is consistent with An Seh’s location on the Cambodian side. Concluding his remarks, H.E. Neth Pheaktra reaffirmed Cambodia’s unequivocal position that An Seh is Cambodian territory. He stressed that, in Cambodia’s view, the use of force, military incursions, or unilateral actions cannot lawfully alter a country's territorial sovereignty, and that the visit served to bolster Cambodia's position regarding its territorial integrity. Source: AKP Cambodia