Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit dies
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Trump, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, has claimed credit for the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. He will oversee the signing of the “Kuala Lumpur Accord.”
Queen Sirikit, the glamorous mother of Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn, died on Friday night aged 93. Her late husband King Bhumibol Adulyadej was Thailand’s longest-serving monarch and much revered across the southeast Asian country. He was succeeded by the couple’s oldest son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, after his death in 2016.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Talks between Thailand and Cambodia this week have made "meaningful progress", Thai defense minister Natthaphon Narkphanit said on Thursday, ahead of the potential signing of a broader ceasefire agreement between the two countries on Sunday.
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In many ways, the renewed clashes represent the next iteration of a centuries-old Thai nationalist demand to reclaim territory believed to be unfairly lost to Cambodia and Western colonialism. This Thai nationalist sentiment is rooted in the history of the shifting borders between Cambodia and Thailand.
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Sirikit, queen mother of Thailand, dies aged 93
Sirikit, the queen mother of Thailand, died at the age of 93 in a Bangkok hospital late on Friday, the Royal Household announced. The court announced a royal funeral with the highest honours and declared a year of mourning.
The Thailand-Cambodia peace pact will proceed as Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is slated to arrive in Malaysia on Oct 26 to sign a ceasefire deal with Cambodia.