US President Donald Trump reiterated on Friday that he had successfully eased hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand, saying that he'd been able to preserve a previous, US-brokered ceasefire that had appeared to be breaking down.

Trump's statement came as Thailand suspended a truce deal on Monday after an alleged landmine blast, and the two sides traded accusations of new clashes on Wednesday in which Phnom Penh said a civilian was killed.

'I stopped a war just today': Trump

President Trump said he'd spoken to the prime ministers of both countries by phone.

"I stopped a war just today through the use of tariffs, the threat of tariffs", Trump was quoted by the AFP as saying aboard Air Force One as he flew to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for the weekend.

“They're doing great. The

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