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Thailand and Cambodia Announce Immediate Border Ceasefire

The truce follows three days of border talks in Thailand after an earlier pact collapsed.

Overview

  • The Joint General Border Committee said the ceasefire took effect at 12:00 local time on December 27.
  • The agreement prohibits the use of all weapons and bars strikes on civilian and military sites along the entire frontier.
  • Negotiators met for three days at a crossing in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province despite Cambodia’s request for a neutral venue.
  • Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet reported a phone call with U.S. official Marco Rubio to discuss securing the truce.
  • The deal aims to halt weeks of fighting tied to sovereignty disputes over Khmer-era temple areas along roughly 800 kilometers of border, following the collapse of an October Kuala Lumpur truce after a landmine injured Thai soldiers.