21/12/2025
[แแถแฃแแถแแถ, English below, Version franรงaise ci-dessous]
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-แขแแแธแแแแแถแแแทแแแแแปแแแแแแแพแแกแพแ แแ
แแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแทแ
แแแแแแแปแแถ แแถแแแแธแแแแแแธแงแแแแแแผแแแแถแแขแ แขแฅแแแแแแแแแแแแ แแบแแถแแถแแแแแถแแแถแแแฝแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแทแแแถแ แแธแแแแถแแแแแแแแแ แแแแพแแผแแแแถแแแนแแแธแแทแแแแแขแแทแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแถแแถแ
แแแแแแแแปแแถแ แขแแแธแแแแแถแแแทแแแแแปแแแแแแแแแแแแนแแแแแ
แแแ แแทแแแแแแถแงแแแแแแ แแแปแแฝแแ
แแแแแ, แแทแแแแแแถแแถแแแแแปแแขแถแแปแแแฝแแแแแแแแแแแ, แ แพแแแแแทแแแแแแถแ
แแแแถแแแแฝแแแแแแพแแ
แแแแธแแถแแแถแแแนแแแถแขแ
แทแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแทแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแ แ แแถแแแทแ, แแถแแบแแถแแแแแแแถแแแถแแแแแแปแแแทแแแถแแแแแแแแแฝแ แแแแแปแแ
แแแแธแ
แแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแธแแแแปแแแถแแแ แแทแแแแ แแแแผแแแถแแแทแแแผแแแแแแแแปแแแถแแปแแแแถแแแแขแทแแแแขแแแแแแปแแแแแแแแแแแ แ แแแแแ
แแแแแแถแแแ แแแแแแแพแแแแถแแแแแแถแแแแแถแแแแแแแถแแแแพแแแแ, แแพแแแนแ, แแแแแแถแแแแพแแขแถแแถแ แแบแแแแถแแแถแแแแแนแแแธแแแแแปแแถ, แแถแแแถแแแ
แแธแแถแแแแแแแแถแแทแแแแ
แแธแแแแ แแแแปแแแแแแแแถแแแแแถแ แแถแแแแ, แแแแแแแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแทแแแแแนแแแแแพแแธแแถแแแแแแถแแแปแแแแแ แแ แแแแพแแแแแถแแแแแธแแทแแแแแผแแแแแแ แ แแแแแถแแ
แแถแแแแแแแแ แแทแแแแแถแแแแแแแถแแถแแแปแแถแแแแแแ แถแแปแแแแแปแแแแแแแ แแถแแแแแแแแแปแ แแทแแแแ แแฝแแ
แแแฝแแแถแแแแแถแแแ
แแถแแแแทแแแแแแแทแแแแแ แ
-แแถแแ แแแปแแแแถแแถแแแแแแ
แแแฝแแฅ แแแแ
แแแถแแแแถแแนแแแแแแแแแแธแแแแแทแแแแแแแแแแแแแแทแขแแแแแแถแแท แแทแแแแแพแฑแแแแ แแแแแขแแแแแแถแแทแแแแแนแแแถ แแแแบแแถแขแแแแแแแถแแแถแ แแธแฏแแแแแปแแถแแบแแถแขแแแแแแแผแแแแแแแถแแแถแ แ
แแธแก-แแแแแปแแถแแถแแแแแแแแผแ
แแทแแขแถแ
แแแแพแแแแแแแถแแแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแแโฆ
-แแแแแปแแถแแถแแแแแแแแผแ
แแบแแผแ
แแถแแแแนแแแธ แแผแ
แแถแแแแแแแแแทแ
แแ
แแผแ
แแถแแแแแแถแแทแแแผแ
แแถแแแแ แทแ
แแแแถ แ แแผแ
แแแ แแแแแปแแถแแทแแขแถแ
แแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแถแแแแแฝแแแแแแ
แฃแแ แแผแ
แแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแกแพแ แ แแแแแปแแถแแแแแแขแแแแแแแ แแทแแขแแแถแแแถแแฑแแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแทแแทแแธ แแถแแแแธแแปแแแแแปแแขแถแแปแแแพแแแธแก แแ แผแแแแแแถแแแถแแแแฝแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแธแขแจ แแแแแแแแถ แแแแถแแขแ แขแฅ แแทแแแแ
แแแแธแแแแแแแถแแแแแฝแแแแแธแแธแแแแแทแแถแแแถแแแธแแแแแแธแขแฆ แแแแปแแถ แแแแถแแขแ แขแฅ แ แแพแแแแแปแแถแแทแแแถแ
แแแแถแแแแแแแแถแ แแพแแแแแปแแถแแทแแแแแแแแพแ แแทแแแแแแถแแแแแทแแถแ แแถแแแแธแแแแถแแกแฉแฉแจ แแพแแแแธแขแแแธ?
แแธแแธแ-แแแแแปแแถแแถแแแถแแฑแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแ แแถแแแแแแธ แแถแแแแแแทแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแฝแแแแแถแแแแถแขแแแแแแถแแท แแแปแแแแ แแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแธแฏแแแแแถแแธแแแแแแแแฝแโฆ
-แแแแแแแแแแแปแแถ แแทแแแแแแแแแ แแบแแถแขแแแแแทแแแถแแแนแแแแแถ แแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแ
แแแถแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแขแแปแแแแแถแแถแแถแแ-แแแ แแแแถแแกแฉแ แค, แแแแแทแแแแแถแแถแแถแแ-แแแ แแแแถแแกแฉแ แง แแทแแแแแแธ แแแแแแแผแแแถแแแแฝแแแแแถแแแแถแขแแแแแแถแแท แแแแแแถแแแแถแแขแแปแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแถแแขแ แ แ แแแแธแแธแแถแแแถแแแแแแแทแแแแแแแแแแแแธแแถแแแแแแแแแแ แแพแแแแธแแถแแแ
แแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแทแแถแ แแทแแแแแถแ แแทแแแถแแขแแทแแแแแแถแแฝแแแแแถแฑแแแแถแ แกแ แ แแถแแแแ แแผแ
แแแ แแแแถแแ แแแปแแแแถแแฝแ แแแแแแแแปแแถแแถแแ
แแแแถแฌแแแปแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแ แแทแแแแแถแแแถแแแพแขแแทแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแกแพแแ
แแธแฃ-แแแแแปแแถแแแแพแแแแแแถแแขแแแแแแถแแทแแพแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแแแแแ แแแปแแแแ แแแแแแพแแแแแแแถแแแพแแแแธแแแแถแแแถแแแแแนแแแธโฆ
-แแถแแแแแแแ แแแแปแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแปแแถ-แแ แแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแแธแแแแถแแกแฉแฅแค, แแแแแแแแแแถแแขแ แ แจ-แขแ แกแก, แแทแแแแแแแแแ
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แปแแแแแแแแแ แแแแแปแแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแถแแขแแแแแแถแแท แแทแแ
แแแถแแแขแแแแแแถแแท แแแแปแแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแแแแแแแถแแฝแแแแแแแแแแ แแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแพแแแแแผแแ
แแแถแแแแแ, แแแแแปแแถ แแถแแแแฝแแแแแแแ แแแแแแแปแแแแแธแแแแถแแถแแแแแแแทแ แถแแแแแถแแกแฉแฆแข แแทแแแแแถแแขแ แกแฃ แแปแแถแแถแแแปแแแแทแแแแขแแแแแแถแแทแแถแแแแแแแ
แแถแแแแถแแถแแแแแแแทแ แถแ แแทแแแแแแแแปแแแทแแแแแถแแถแแแแแแแทแ แถแแแแแทแแแ
แแแแปแแแแแขแแทแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแปแแถแ แแแแแแแ แถแแแถแแแแแปแแถแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแถแแขแแทแแแแแแแแถแ แแแแแแแแฝแแแแแแแแพแแแแแแถแแ
แแแถแแแขแแแแแแถแแทแ แพแแแแแถแแ แแแปแแแแถ แแแแแแแแปแแถแ
แแแถแแ
แแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแฝแแแแแถแแแแแฝแแแถแแแแแแแ แขแแพแแแฝแ
แแแ แพแแแแ, แ แพแแแแแแถแแ
แแแแแแแแแแแถแแแถแแฝแแแแแแแแแแแแแกแพแแ
แแธแค-แแแแแปแแถแแแแถแแแ
แแแถแแแแธแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแ แแทแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแปแแแแแแแแแทแแถแโฆ
-แแแแแปแแถแแถแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแทแแถแแ แแแแปแแแแแแแแแทแแฅแ แแแแถแแแแแแแแ
แแแ, แแแแแแแธแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแถแแแแถแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแ แแแแปแแแแแแฝแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแ แแแแแแแแแผแแแถแแแแแฝแแแแแแ แแถแแแแแแถแแทแแถแแแแแแปแแถ แแทแแแแแแถแแแแแแแปแแถแแถแแแขแแแฑแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแปแแแแแแแแแทแแถแ แแ แผแแแแฝแแแถแแแแแแแถแแแแแแทแแถแแแทแแแแแแแแแถแแขแ แขแก แแทแแแแแแแแแแทแแถแแแแแแถแแแแแปแแแแแถแแทแแทแแแแแแแแธแแแแถแแขแ แขแค แแแแแแถแแแแถแแแแแแถแแแขแถแแแถแแแแแถแแขแ แขแฅแ แแแแแปแแถแแแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแถแแแแขแแแแแขแแแ แพแ, แแแแแปแแถแแแแผแแแถแแแแแแทแแถแ แแทแแแแแทแแแถแแแแแแถแแแขแแทแแแแแแแแแแแทแ
แแ
แแถแแทแ แแผแ
แแแ แแแแถแแ แแแปแแแแถแแฝแแแแแแแแแปแแถแแ
แแแแแแแแแถแแแแแถแแแถแแแพแแแแแแแแถแแฝแ แแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแถแแแแแแทแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแถแแแแแถแแแแแกแพแแ
แแธแฅ-แแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแถแแแถแ
แแ แแทแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแพแแแแแปแแถโฆ
-แแถแแแแแปแแกแพแแแทแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแ แ
แถแแแแถแแแแธแแแแแแธแง แแแแแแผ แแแแถแแขแ แขแฅแแ แผแแแแแแแแแแ แแบแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแธแแ แแทแแแแแแแแแแผแแแแแแแ แแถแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแถแแฑแแแแแแถแแแแถแแแแแ แถแแแแแแปแแถแแแแแแแแธแแแทแแถแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแ แจแ แ แแธแกแผแแแแแแ แแทแแแพแแแแแแทแแแแแทแแถแแแแแถแแถแแแปแแ
แผแแแแแ
แแถแ แจแ -แฉแ แแธแกแผแแแแแแแแธแแแแแแปแแขแแทแแแแแแแแถแแแแแแปแแถแ แแแแปแแแแแแแ, แแแแแแพแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแแแแแ แแถแแแแพแแแแ แแพแแขแถแแถแ แแทแแแพแแแนแ แแแแปแแแแแแฝแแแถแแแแแแ แแแ
แแแแถแแF-16 แแทแ Gripen, แแแแถแแแแแแ
แแแแแ, แแแแแแแปแ, แแแแผแแแทแแถแ, แแแแผแแแแแแถแแแแแแถแแแแแ, แแแแแ แแแแแแถแแแแปแแแแแพแ, แแถแแแแแพแแแ, แแถแแแแแพแแแแแถแแแแแปแแแแแ
แแแแถแแแแแถแ, แแแแแแแ, แแแแถแแแแ แแแแแแถแแแแแแแถแแแแแแแแแพแแแพแ แแพแแแแธแแแแแแถแแแถแแแ แแแแแถแแ
แแถแแแแแแแแแแแธแแทแแแผแ
แแถแแแแถแแแแแแ, แแถแแถแแแ, แแแแแขแถแแถแ, แแแแแแแแแแแแแฝแ, แแทแแแแแ
แแแแถแแแแแแถแแ แ แพแแแแแแแแทแแแแแทแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแ แแผแ
แแแ, แ
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แแพแแแแแแแแแแแแแ แ แพแแแแแแแแถแแขแแแแถแแแแแแแปแแแแแแถแแถแแขแแปแแแแแแทแแแแทแแถแแแถแแแแแฝแแแผแ
แแแแแแแแแแถแแขแแขแถแแกแพแแ
-แแแขแแแแพแ
แแแปแ
แแถแแแฅแแแ แแบแแแแแแแแแแแปแแถแแถแขแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแถแแแแแฝแ แ แพแแแแแแแแแแแถแขแแแแแแแแแแแแแแถแแแแแถแแแถแแแแแแแแนแแแธแแแแแปแแถแ
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Open letter
Since 7 December 2025, Cambodia has been the target of an open and deliberate military aggression by the Thai armed forces along its western border. This is neither an isolated incident, nor an accidental clash, nor an uncontrolled escalation. It is a war that has been planned, acknowledged, and carried out by the Thai State.
Land, air, and naval forces have been deployed simultaneously. Wherever the Thai army advances, it plants its flag on Cambodian soil. The attacks strike not only military positions but also civilians, essential infrastructure, temples, and historic Khmer monuments. Considering these facts, five fundamental truths must be stated.
1. Cambodia cannot be the aggressor
A small country in terms of territory, military resources, and ambitions, Cambodia neither has the capacity nor the intention to attack a neighbor three times more powerful. Cambodia has consistently shown restraint and has continuously called for a peaceful settlement of border disputes, from well before the first armed clash to its acceptance of the ceasefire of 28 July 2025 and the Joint Declaration for Peace of 26 October 2025. Had Cambodia truly sought war, why would it have devoted such sustained efforts since 1998 to reconstruction, national reconciliation, and peacebuilding?
2. The law is on Cambodiaโs side
In its pursuit of a complete and peaceful border delimitation founded on friendship and mutual development, Cambodia relies on legally established border maps and treaties recognized by the international community. This includes the Franco-Siamese Treaties of 1904 and 1907, as well as the Memorandum of Understanding of 2000. Thailand, by contrast, relies on unilateral maps produced and recognized by itself alone. Under these circumstances, there is no basis for claiming that Cambodia intended to violate Thailandโs territorial sovereignty.
3. Cambodia chooses the law; Thailand chooses weapons
During the border disputes of 1954, 2008, and again in the recent events of July 2025, Cambodia has consistently chosen to resort to legal mechanisms and international law. The International Court of Justice ruled, in 1962 and again in 2013, in favor of Cambodian sovereignty over Preah Vihear and its surrounding areas. It would therefore be illogical and irrational for Cambodia to abandon the rule of law and embark on a war of aggression against Thailand.
4. Cambodia knows the cost of war
Scarred by two wars and a genocide between 1970 and 1998, Cambodia places peace, stability, and socio-economic development at the very top of its national priorities. This commitment has been recognized by the international community, notably through the awarding of the World Peace Prize in 2021, the Peace Prize for Humanity and the Planet in 2024, and an ASEAN award in 2025. There is thus no reason for Cambodia to seek to destroy a hard-won peace by attacking a neighboring country.
5. Thailand has declared and waged the war
Since the resumption of hostilities on 7 December 2025, Thai authorities have publicly ordered large-scale military operations. These offensives extend along more than 800 kilometers of land border, with incursions reaching 80 to 90 kilometers deep into Cambodian territory. They involve the use of F-16 and Gripen fighter jets, cluster mu*****ns, armed drones, heavy artillery, long-range rockets, tanks and armored vehicles, as well as the coordinated deployment of land, air, and naval forces. These attacks do not target military positions alone. They also strike innocent civilians, roads, schools, pagodas, homes, refugee camps, and Khmer temples and historical monuments, some of which are listed as World Heritage sites. These acts cannot be characterized as an exercise of the right of self-defence under international law; they constitute a deliberate and manifest armed aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
We call upon the international community to name this aggression for what it is, to uphold international law, and to assume its responsibilities. Silence, inaction, or ambiguity would only embolden further violations and legitimize the unlawful use of force over the rule of law. What is at stake is not only Cambodiaโs sovereignty, but the very credibility of the international order founded on the rule of law.
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LETTRE OUVERTE
Depuis le 7 dรฉcembre 2025, le Cambodge est la cible dโune agression militaire ouverte et dรฉlibรฉrรฉe des forces armรฉes thaรฏlandaises le long de sa frontiรจre occidentale. Il ne sโagit ni dโun incident isolรฉ, ni dโun affrontement accidentel, ni dโune escalade incontrรดlรฉe. Cโest une guerre planifiรฉe, assumรฉe et exรฉcutรฉe par lโรtat thaรฏlandais.
Des forces terrestres, aรฉriennes et navales ont รฉtรฉ engagรฉes simultanรฉment. Lร oรน lโarmรฉe thaรฏlandaise avance, elle plante son drapeau sur le sol cambodgien. Les attaques frappent non seulement des positions militaires, mais aussi des civils, des infrastructures essentielles, des temples et des monuments historiques khmers. Face ร ces faits, cinq vรฉritรฉs sโimposent.
1. Le Cambodge ne peut รชtre lโagresseurโฆ
Petit pays par sa taille, ses moyens militaires et ses ambitions, le Cambodge nโa ni la capacitรฉ ni lโintention dโattaquer un voisin trois fois plus puissant. Le Cambodge a fait preuve de retenue et nโa cessรฉ dโappeler ร un rรจglement pacifique des diffรฉrends frontaliers, depuis avant le premier affrontement armรฉ jusquโร lโacceptation du cessez-le-feu du 28 juillet 2025, et ร la Dรฉclaration conjointe pour la paix du 26 octobre 2025. Si le Cambodge avait rรฉellement souhaitรฉ la guerre, pourquoi aurait-il consacrรฉ tant dโefforts, depuis 1998, ร la reconstruction, ร la rรฉconciliation nationale et au maintien de la paix ?
2. Le droit est du cรดtรฉ du Cambodgeโฆ
Pour parvenir ร une dรฉlimitation frontaliรจre complรจte fondรฉe sur la paix, lโamitiรฉ et le dรฉveloppement mutuel, le Cambodge sโappuie sur les cartes et les traitรฉs frontaliers lรฉgalement รฉtablis et reconnus par la communautรฉ internationale, notamment la Convention et le traitรฉ franco-siamois de 1904 et de 1907, ainsi que le Mรฉmorandum dโaccord de lโannรฉe 2000. La Thaรฏlande invoque des cartes unilatรฉrales, fabriquรฉes et reconnues par elle seule. Dans ces conditions, rien ne permet dโaffirmer que le Cambodge ait eu lโintention de violer la souverainetรฉ territoriale de la Thaรฏlande.
3. Le Cambodge choisit le droit, la Thaรฏlande choisit les armesโฆ
Lors des diffรฉrends frontaliers de 1954, et de 2008 ainsi que lors des rรฉcents รฉvรฉnements de juillet 2025, le Cambodge a constamment choisi de sโen remettre aux mรฉcanismes juridiques et au droit international. Et la Cour internationale de Justice a tranchรฉ, en 1962 et en 2013, en faveur de la souverainetรฉ cambodgienne sur Preah Vihear et ses abords. Il serait donc illogique et contraire ร toute rationalitรฉ que le Cambodge renonce au droit pour se lancer dans une guerre dโagression contre la Thaรฏlande.
4. Le Cambodge sait ce que coรปte la guerreโฆ
Marquรฉ par deux guerres et un gรฉnocide entre 1970 et 1998, le Cambodge place la paix, la stabilitรฉ et le dรฉveloppement socio-รฉconomique au sommet de ses prioritรฉs nationales. Cet engagement a รฉtรฉ reconnu par la communautรฉ internationale,notamment par lโattribution du Prix mondial de la paix en 2021, du Prix de la paix pour lโhumanitรฉ et la planรจte en 2024, ainsi que dโun prix de lโASEAN en 2025. Il nโexiste donc aucune raison pour laquelle le Cambodge chercherait ร dรฉtruire une paix durement acquise en agressant un pays voisin.
5. La Thaรฏlande a dรฉclarรฉ et menรฉ la guerreโฆ
Depuis la reprise des hostilitรฉs le 7 dรฉcembre 2025, les autoritรฉs thaรฏlandaises ont publiquement ordonnรฉ des opรฉrations militairesde grande ampleur. Ces offensives sโรฉtendent sur plus de 800 kilomรจtres de frontiรจre terrestre, avec des incursions atteignant 80 ร 90 kilomรจtres ร lโintรฉrieur du territoire cambodgien. Elles impliquent lโutilisation dโavions de chasse F-16 et Gripen, de bombes ร sous-mu*****ns, de drones armรฉs, dโartillerie lourde, de roquettes ร longue portรฉe, de chars et de vรฉhicules blindรฉs, ainsi que le dรฉploiement coordonnรฉ de forces terrestres, aรฉriennes et navales. Ces attaques ne visent pas uniquement des positions militaires. Elles frappent aussi, et surtout, des civils innocents, des routes, des รฉcoles, des pagodes, des habitations, des camps de rรฉfugiรฉs, ainsi que des temples et monuments historiques khmers, dont certains sont classรฉs au patrimoine mondial de lโhumanitรฉ. Ces actes ne sauraient en aucun cas รชtre qualifiรฉs dโexercice du droit de lรฉgitime dรฉfense au sens du droit international ; ils constituent une agression armรฉe caractรฉrisรฉe et dรฉlibรฉrรฉe contre la souverainetรฉ et lโintรฉgritรฉ territoriale du Royaume du Cambodge.
Nous appelons la communautรฉ internationale ร nommer clairement cette agression, ร faire respecter le droit international et ร assumer ses responsabilitรฉs. Le silence, lโinaction ou lโambiguรฏtรฉ ne feraient quโencourager la violation du droit et la loi du plus fort. Il en va non seulement de la souverainetรฉ du Cambodge, mais de la crรฉdibilitรฉ mรชme de lโordre international fondรฉ sur le droit.
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