Overview
- Effective at 12:00 noon local time on Dec 27, the truce was signed by Thai defence minister Natthaphon Narkphanit and Cambodia’s Tea Seiha after three days of border talks.
- Terms include freezing troop deployments, stopping all attacks including against civilians, facilitating the return of displaced residents, and cooperating on demining.
- An ASEAN observer team will monitor compliance alongside direct communication between the two countries’ defence ministries and armed forces.
- Thailand agreed to repatriate 18 Cambodian soldiers captured in July if the ceasefire is fully maintained for 72 hours.
- Weeks of fighting have killed more than 100 people and displaced over half a million, with Cambodia reporting Thai airstrikes earlier on Saturday as a Thai spokesman later said the ceasefire was holding.