Overview

• Defense officials from both countries convened Monday under the General Border Committee to iron out details of the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreed on July 28.
• The four-day meeting will conclude Thursday with defense ministers of Thailand and Cambodia joined by observers from Malaysia, the United States and China.
• The truce halted five days of artillery exchanges and air strikes that killed more than 40 people and displaced over 300,000 civilians along the long-disputed frontier.
• Both sides have maintained forward troop positions and lodged accusations of ceasefire violations, including barbed-wire fortifications and reinforcements in contested zones.
• Negotiators will work to establish an ASEAN monitoring team and develop mechanisms to sustain the fragile halt and pave the way for displaced residents to return.