“Both sides agree to maintain current troop deployments without further movement,” their defence ministers said in a joint statement on the ceasefire, to take effect at noon local time (1pm in Singapore) on Saturday (Dec 27).
This handout photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) on Dec 15, 2025 shows residents evacuating following air strikes in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, amid clashes along Cambodia-Thailand border. (File photo: AKP handout via AFP)
BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday (Dec 27) to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries that has included fighter jets sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
“Both sides agree to maintain current troop deployments without further movement,” their defence ministers said in a joint statement on the ceasefire, to take effect at noon local time (1pm in Singapore).
“Any reinforcement would heighten tensions and negatively affect long-term efforts to resolve the situation,” according to the statement released on social media by Cambodia’s Defence Ministry.
The agreement, signed by Thai Defence Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Seiha, ended 20 days of fighting that has killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides.
The clashes were re-ignited in early December after a breakdown in a ceasefire that United States President Donald Trump had helped broker to halt a previous round of fighting in July. (CNA)