Thai PM cancels Asean trip after royal death, may miss ceasefire signing
Thailand’s prime minister cancelled his trip to Malaysia ahead of the Asean Summit on Saturday following the death of Queen Mother Sirikit, and may miss the signing of a ceasefire deal with Cambodia that US president Donald Trump is set to witness this weekend.
Asean foreign ministers were meeting on Saturday to start a weekend of global diplomacy in Kuala Lumpur, with teams from the US and China holding trade talks alongside the summit.
Trump is due to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday morning on the first stop of his trip through Asia, and was set to watch Cambodia and Thailand sign a broader ceasefire deal after he helped broker an end to a deadly five-day border conflict in July.
A Thai government spokesman said there would be a discussion on how to proceed with the ceasefire ceremony and whether another…
