Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries that has included fighter-jet sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
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Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an immediate ceasefire, reaching such an agreement for the second time in six months after the latest round of border clashes killed dozens of soldiers and civilians.
Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries that has included fighter-jet sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting along their border. The agreement took effect on Saturday and includes a halt in military movements and airspace violations. Only Thailand has carried out airstrikes, hitting sites in Cambodia.
The deal includes a stipulation that Thailand will release 18 Cambodian soldiers held since earlier fighting in July if the ceasefire holds for 72 hours
In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side's airspace for military purposes.
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims.The agreement took effect at noon (0500
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement, pledging to end border clashes that killed dozens of people.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement, pledging to end weeks of deadly border clashes.
The agreement was signed by the countries’ defense ministers, Cambodia’s Tea Seiha and Thailand’s Nattaphon Narkphanit, at a border checkpoint. It declares that the sides are committed to an earlier ceasefire that ended five days of fighting in July and follow-up agreements.
BANGKOK -- The defense ministers of Thailand and Cambodia said Saturday that they had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, possibly paving the way for an end to a brutal 20-day border war that killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.
Weeks into a vicious border war that has dozens of people and displaced roughly half a million, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire on Saturday.
Donald Trump and the Chinese foreign minister have congratulated both sides on ending months of border clashes. Since the first flare-up in May, the conflict has killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands.
President Trump said Sunday that the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia "will stop momentarily" and boasted that the US has been increasingly taking on the role of the United Nations in peacekeeping.
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