Statement: Cambodian armed forces fired heavy artillery into civilian homes in Surin Province on the morning of 27 July 2025

Statement: Cambodian armed forces fired heavy artillery into civilian homes in Surin Province on the morning of 27 July 2025

This morning (27 July 2025) around 4.30 hrs., heavy artillery shots were fired into civilian homes in Surin province in Thailand by Cambodian armed forces, followed by a disinformation campaign launched by Cambodia falsely alleging Thailand fired the first shots. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to clarify as follows:
1. Thailand condemns in the strongest terms this egregious and repeated violation of international law and calls on Cambodia to immediately cease attacking civilian targets. Any cessation of hostilities cannot be reached while Cambodia is severely lacking in good faith and repeatedly violating the basic principles of human rights and humanitarian law. Thailand reserves the inherent right to self defense enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter and has responded at limited military targets to neutralize the threats to our national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

2. We call on the international community to condemn these inhumane, reprehensible acts being committed by Cambodia which have no place in a rules-based international order.