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Cambodia, France, Thailand
The 'colonial' maps playing a role in Franco-Cambodian-Thai diplomacy

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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, on 25 May 2026.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, on 25 May 2026. © Serge Tenani/Hans Lucas via AFP

Cambodian and Thai officials have been travelling to Paris to consult maps from the French government archives amid border tensions and diplomatic and legal wrangling between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.

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