PETALING JAYA:
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Thailand and Cambodia to exercise “maximum restraint” after the reignition of armed clashes along their shared border.
Anwar, who is still Asean chair, said the fighting risked undoing the careful work that had gone into stabilising relations between the two countries.
“We urge both sides to exercise maximum restraint, maintain open channels of communication and make full use of the mechanisms in place,” he said in a posting on X.
He added that Malaysia was ready to support steps to help restore calm and avert further incidents, saying the region could not afford to see long-standing disputes slip into cycles of confrontation.
“The immediate priority is to halt the…