Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday he was scheduled to speak to US President Donald Trump late in the day, as border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand continued for a fifth day.
Anutin told reporters that the call with Trump would take place about 9:20pm local time (12:20pm AEDT).
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul pictured with Anthony Albanese. Getty Images
Trump is keen to intervene again to stop the fighting and salvage a ceasefire he brokered earlier this year, pledging for a third day to make calls to the leaders of both countries to try to stop the fighting.
At the Congressional Ball late on Thursday (Friday AEDT), Trump burnished his credentials as a global peace-maker and…