Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire comes into effect as opposing military chiefs to meet | Thailand
The ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia entered into force in the early hours of Tuesday and tested whether he could stop the worst struggle among neighboring countries for more than ten years.
Both sides acknowledged that a “unconditional ör ceasefire would begin in midnight on Monday and fought the disintegration of ancient temples in controversial regions along the 800km (500 miles) borders.
In Samraong, Cambodia – 20 km from the border – an AFP journalist, heard a stable drum of artillery strikes during Monday before stopping until midnight during Monday.
Jets, rockets and artillery have killed at least 38 people since Thursday and have been displaced about 300,000 more – he asked Donald Trump’s intervention for the weekend cease -fire agreement. The US President threatened both countries with high tariffs and warned that trade negotiations will be paused until the fight stopped.
The Peace Agreement was prepared to see the collection of military commanders from both sides at 7 (0000 GMT) from both sides before a cross -border committee in Cambodia on 4 August.
Im I was very happy when I heard the news because I miss my house and my things behind, ”he said in a camp that expanded for a Cambodian evacuation in a temple area away from the fight on Monday evening. “I’m so happy that I can’t describe it.”
In addition to Malaysia, which hosts peace talks, a common statement from both countries, the ceasefire is the first step towards the restoration of incompatibility and peace and security, ”he said.
The UN Secretary -General António Guterres spokesman calls on Monday evening, “Both countries call on the agreement to fully respect the agreement and to create a long -standing problems and to create a permanent environment of peace,” he said.
The US State Department said that the authorities were “on the ground için for shepherd peace talks.
In a joint statement, China’s Malaysian Prime Minister and the Southeastern Asian Nations Association (ASEAN) Regional Blog Anwar Ibrahim’s country’s administrative capital Putrajaya’da negotiations in the negotiations, he said.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet thanked Trump for his “stable” support, while Thailand’s prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai said that “both parties should be carried out by both sides”.
On the eve of the talks, the Thai army said that Cambodian snipers were camp in one of the controversial temples and accused Phnom Penh by raising the troops along the border and pulling the Thai region with rockets.
In the rural area, the hills surrounded by forests and the locals were fighting in seven areas marked with rubber and rice farming fields.
Maha Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand, marked his 73rd birthday on Monday, but a notification in the country’s royal newspaper, said that the public celebrations planned for Bangkok’s Great Palace were canceled in the middle of the conflict.
Reporting from Rebecca Ratcliffe and Agency France-Presse
