Thai Prime Minister: Land Crossings With Cambodia Stay Shut, and There Is No Date for Reopening
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed on October 31, on his programme "Talk with Prime Minister Anutin", that Thailand's land border crossings with Cambodia will remain closed until Thailand's security and territorial concerns are addressed. "I still don't know when we will reopen them. Not until Thailand gets what we believe it deserves," he said.
Anutin said the outstanding issues go beyond crossings and trade: they include disputed land and maritime areas holding important natural resources, and cross-border crime, in particular online scam operations and networks that lure Thai nationals abroad for exploitation. Restoring relations, he said, would require rebuilding confidence and trust, and the government would not reopen the border under political or economic pressure. He acknowledged the closure affects some economic activity but said national security takes precedence.
The crossings have been shut since June 2025. Thai commerce ministry figures show land border trade between the two countries fell to almost zero in the first nine months of this year; Cambodian customs data put Cambodia's imports from Thailand at US$1.54 billion over the same period, down 33.9 percent. Cambodia's defence ministry has said the crossings were closed by Thailand unilaterally, that reopening them is Thailand's responsibility, and that Cambodia has made no request to reopen.
Border security incidents continue. The Bangkok Post reported that on the morning of November 1, authorities in Trat province seized a speedboat carrying 32,400 assault-rifle cartridges at the mouth of a canal, arresting four Thais and one Cambodian.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：泰国与柬埔寨边境口岸（波贝一带，资料图）。照片：Jorge Láscar，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A Thailand-Cambodia border crossing near Poipet (file photo). Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
