Thailand terminates agreement with Cambodia on disputed maritime territorial claims

Published on 6 May 2026 11:20:43 AM

Thailand’s Cabinet on May 5 approved the termination of a 2001 Memorandum of Understanding with Cambodia that was supposed to provide a bilateral framework on resolving overlapping maritime territorial claims.

Cambodia said it regretted the decision but would cooperate on continuing to resolve the issue.

The two governments had in 2001 signed the agreement, called MOU 44, to peacefully pursue maritime boundary delimitation and provide a framework for jointly managing marine resources in accordance with international law but they failed to make any progress after five rounds of talks over the past two decades.

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