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Thailand and Cambodia Sign Immediate Ceasefire After Weeks of Border Clashes

Implementation faces uncertainty after reported strikes during the negotiations.

Overview

  • The truce takes effect at 12:00 noon local time on Dec 27 and applies to all weapons across all areas.
  • Terms include freezing troop positions, allowing displaced residents to return, and cooperating on humanitarian demining, with 18 Cambodian soldiers to be returned after 72 hours of compliance.
  • Defense ministers Tea Seiha and Nattaphon Narkphanit signed the joint statement at the 3rd Special General Border Committee meeting under ASEAN observer presence.
  • Cambodia reports Thai F-16 airstrikes in Banteay Meanchey during talks, including about 40 bombs near Chok Chey on Dec 26 and four near Serei Saophoan on Dec 27, while Thailand confirms an air-ground operation as self‑defense.
  • Officials on both sides report more than 100 deaths since early December and displacement reaching up to about one million people.