Press Releases

The Government of Japan believes that the cordial cooperative relations between Cambodia and Thailand is extremely important for the stability and development of the region, and has been promoting efforts toward de-escalation of the situation, including advocating steady implementation of the ceasefire agreement.

As part of such efforts, on August 15, Japan has decided to provide an Emergency Grant of approximately 1.8 million US dollars in response to the emergency humanitarian needs that arose in the Cambodia–Thailand border areas.

With this Emergency Grant, Japan will implement humanitarian assistance in such fields as essential supplies and temporary shelters through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Japan strongly hopes that peaceful livelihoods of citizens in both countries will be restored through the implementation of this humanitarian assistance. Japan will continue to cooperate toward easing of the tension between the two countries.