BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday (Dec 27) signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of deadly clashes, according to a Cambodian defence ministry statement.
It follows three days of talks between the South-East Asian neighbours who have been locked in fierce border clashes for weeks.
The two countries’ longstanding border conflict reignited in December, shattering an earlier truce and killing more than 40 people, according to official counts.
Around a million people have also been displaced.
The two countries blame each other for instigating the fresh fighting, which has spread to nearly every province along their border.
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Both also claim to have acted in self-defence and accuse the other of attacking civilians.
The United States, China and Malaysia brokered a truce to end five days of deadly clashes in July, but the ceasefire broke down.
The conflict stems from a territorial dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800km frontier and a collection of temple ruins situated there. - Agencies
