Overview
- The ceasefire takes effect at noon local time on December 27 and prohibits attacks with any weapons on civilian and military targets.
- Both sides agreed to halt troop movements and enable the swift return of border residents, after weeks of clashes that killed dozens and displaced about one million people.
- The defense ministers signed the joint declaration at a checkpoint between Pailin and Chanthaburi following preparatory talks by the Special Committee for Border Issues.
- Thai defense minister Nattaphon Narkphanit said a three-day observation period will verify compliance with the truce.
- Cambodia accused Thailand of intensifying airstrikes, citing up to 40 bombs near Chok Chey, while Thailand confirmed an airstrike as defensive, as ASEAN, the United States and China urged a return to a ceasefire.