Source: Reuters
“Cambodia and Thailand’s top defence officials agreed on Thursday to allow observers from the ASEAN regional bloc to inspect disputed border areas and help ensure hostilities do not resume following a violent five-day conflict that ended in a ceasefire late in July. The Southeast Asian neighbours saw the in over a decade last month, including exchanges of artillery fire and jet fighter bombing runs that claimed at least 43 lives and displaced more than 300,000 people on both sides of the border. … Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Seiha and Thailand’s acting defence minister Nattaphon Narkphanit met at Malaysia’s Armed Forces headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to thrash out the terms of a permanent cessation of hostilities.” (08/07/25)