Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced following peace talks held in Malaysia on Monday.
The ceasefire is set to begin at midnight local time on Monday.
“Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding,” Ibrahim said after hosting mediation talks between the two countries.
The announcement follows weeks of escalating violence that has left at least 35 people dead and displaced more than 270,000 — the worst fighting between the two neighbours in over a decade. Clashes were still ongoing on Monday morning, just hours before the peace negotiations commenced.
The talks took place in Malaysia’s administrative capital, Putrajaya, at Prime Minister Ibrahim’s residence. Ibrahim currently chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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Also present at the meeting were the ambassadors to Malaysia from both the United States and China, underlining the high international stakes involved in ending the conflict.
US President Donald Trump, speaking a day earlier from Turnberry, Scotland, said he had spoken to the leaders of both Thailand and Cambodia. He warned that the United States would not proceed with any trade agreements with either country unless the fighting ceased.
“I spoke to both of the prime ministers, and I think by the time I got off, I think they want to settle now,” Trump told reporters. “I believe they’re starting to understand. Thai and Cambodian officials are expected to meet again in the coming days.”
(Reuters)
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