CNA Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement

Thailand and ⁠Cambodia agreed on Saturday (Dec 27) to halt weeks of border clashes, the worst fighting that the two countries have seen in years.

The agreement, signed by Thai ‍Defence ‌Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Seiha, ended 20 days of fighting that has killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half ‌a million on both sides.

“Both sides agree to maintain current troop ⁠deployments without further movement,” the defence ministers said in ‍a joint statement on the ceasefire.

The clashes were re-ignited in ⁠early December after the breakdown of a previous ceasefire that United States President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had helped broker.
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