Thailand will chart its own course after pulling out of a peace agreement with Cambodia that was backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul vowed on Wednesday.

Why It Matters

Spiraling tensions threaten to drag the Southeast Asian neighbors back into conflict, just weeks after a peace pact was signed in Kuala Lumpur on October 26 to formalize a ceasefire that ended five days of fighting in July—violence that left 43 dead and displaced more than 300,000 people.

Trump has taken credit for the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, which the U.S. considers a "major non-NATO ally," by threatening to halt trade negotiations with each side. The short-lived war is one of eight the president claims to have ended.

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