Thailand and Cambodia leaders agreed to high the “unconditional” fire on Monday, after five days of combat along their border dressed in the jungle that has killed at least 36 people.
More than 200,000 people have fled when the two parts fired artillery, rockets and weapons in a battle over the long -standing area, which is home to a handful of old temples.
The outbreak was the deadliest since violence was dismissed sporadically since 2008-2011 over the territory, claimed by both parties due to a vague demarcation made by the French colonial administrators of Cambodia in 1907.
When reading a joint statement of the leaders of both countries after the peace conversations, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, said they had agreed “a high immediate and unconditional fire” with effect from midnight on Monday (10 PM PKT).
“This is a first vital step towards the de -scarf and restoration of peace and security,” he said at a press conference in the administrative capital of Malaysia, Putrajaya, flanked by Thai Action Minister Thai Phumtham Wechayachai and the Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet.
Anwar said that a meeting of military commanders on both sides would take place on Tuesday morning, before the country’s cross -border committee met in Cambodia on August 4.
As the agreement was announced, a AFP Journalist in the Cambodian city of Samraong, 17 kilometers from the tense border, reported having heard the continuous artillery explosions.
‘Very good results’
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, to whom both nations are courting for trade agreements to avoid the threat of water-water rates, intervened over the weekend, and said that both parties had agreed to “quickly solve” a truce.
“Today we had a very good meeting and very good results,” said Hun Manet of Cambodia, thanking Trump for his “decisive” support and saying that the truce would serve as “a basis for future decalcalation.”
Before the summit, Thailand and Cambodia had exchanged fresh fire and accusations of barges.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Defense of Cambodia, Maly Scheata, said it was “the fifth day that Thailand has invaded the territory of Cambodia with heavy weapons and with the deployment of many troops.”
When he left Bangkok airport, Phumtham told journalists that he didn’t believe Cambodia was “acting in good faith.”
After the conversations organized by Anwar, president of the Asean block, of which Thailand and Cambodia are members, Phumtham asked that the truce be “carried out in good faith on both sides.”
“Thailand decides the peaceful resolution, while continuing to protect our sovereignty and the life of our people,” he said.
‘Very tense’
On the eve of the conversations, Thailand’s army said that the Cambodian snipers were camped in one of the temples played, and accused Phnom Penh of growing troops along the border and hammering Thai territory with rockets.
He said there were fighting in seven areas in the rural region, marked by a hill crest surrounded by the wild jungle and the fields where the locals grow rubber and rice.
“The situation is still very tense, and it is anticipated that Cambodia can be preparing for an important military operation before entering negotiations,” said the Thai military statement.
The Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn marked his 73th birthday on Monday, but a notice in the country’s royal gazette said that his public celebrations scheduled for the great Bangkok palace had been canceled in the middle of the fight.
Trump has threatened both countries with high levies in their Global Blitz tariff unless they accept independent trade agreements, but said “he would expect” to sign them once that “peace is at hand.”
Each side had already agreed on a truce in principle, while accused of undermining peace efforts and exchanging accusations about the use of cluster bombs and hospitals orientation.
Nationalist feeling
Thailand says that nine of his soldiers and 14 civilians have been killed, while Cambodia has confirmed eight civilian deaths and five military.
The Thai army said he had returned the bodies of 12 Cambodian soldiers killed in combat.
More than 138,000 people have fled from Thailand’s border regions, while around 140,000 have been expelled from their homes in Cambodia.
With the skirmish that contains nationalist feelings, Thailand warned its citizens that “they refrain from any type of violence, either in speech or action” against Cambodian migrants living in the country.
