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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed a ceasefire to end fighting along their shared border that has killed more than 30 people and displaced about 300,000 in recent days, according to the leaders of the two countries and intermediary Malaysia.
The pact, which will come into effect at midnight on Monday, was announced as the neighbouring south-east Asian nations traded accusations of firing into each other’s territory for a fifth day.
The talks, hosted by Malaysia on Monday, followed an intervention by US President Donald Trump, who stated that he would terminate trade talks with Cambodia and Thailand if they did not cease fighting.
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s prime minister and rotating chair of the regional Association of Southeast Asian Nations, who hosted the ceasefire talks, announced the agreement in Kuala Lumpur, flanked by the Cambodian and Thai leaders.
“Prime Minister Hun Manet and acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai have expressed their positions and willingness for immediate ceasefire, immediate ceasefire and [a] return to normalcy,” he said at a news briefing.
He added that Trump “has been in contact with the leaders of both countries, urging the leaders to find a peaceful resolution to their conflict”.
The Malaysian leader said that China had also kept in “close contact” with Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, and that the warring countries “shared [a] commitment to peace, dialogue and regional stability”.
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