Thailand, Cambodia agree to truce after five-day battle

Cambodia and Thailand have accepted the “emergency and unconditional ceasefire” in order to stop the most deadly conflicts for more than a decade after the war that displaced more than 300,000 people.

Following the efforts of Malaysia, the United States and China to bring both sides to the table, the leader of the two countries agreed to end hostility from midnight Monday, to continue direct communication and to create a mechanism to implement a ceasefire.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, a news conference surrounded by the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia, is a vital step towards the restoration of peace and security after more than two hours of negotiations in Putrajaya residence in Putrajaya. “

Armistice talks, Anwar and US President Donald Trump watched a constant effort of phone calls to both leaders at the weekend, and said that if the fight continued, he could not make trade agreements with them.

Both sides face a 36 percent tariff to their US goods and the largest export market.

On Monday, Trump congratulated all parties in a letter on Monday, and said that he talked to Thailand and Cambodia leaders and instructed the trade team to restart negotiations.

“We saved thousands of lives by finishing this war … Now I have finished many wars in six months – I’m proud to be the president of peace!” He said.

Southeast Asian neighbors have drowned for decades on the border region, and in late May, a conflict in a clash was on the basis of conflict since the murder of a Cambodian soldier.

A complete diplomatic crisis that brought the fragile coalition government of Thailand to the brink of collapse began.

Last week, they accuse of starting a rapidly rising fight from small arms fire to the use of heavy artillery and rockets at multiple points along the 800 km land borders.

Unexpectedly, Thailand sent a F-16 fighter aircraft to carry out air strikes hours after the explosion of the conflict.

At least 38 people were killed in the fight, mostly civilians.

The Thai Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayacha praised Trump for pushing peace efforts and said that trade negotiations would start from a good place.

After talking to Trump, when he returned to the journalists from Malaysia, “I thanked him from my heart for taking him and helped our country beyond this crisis.”

“The situation should increase after today.”

The boiled tensions boiled last week after recalling Thailand’s ambassador in Phnom Penh and throwing the ambassador of Cambodia last week, the boiled tensions in response to the loss of a limb to a land substance that Thailand claimed to have thrown.

Cambodia strongly rejected Thai charges, which he had fired into civilian targets, including schools and hospitals, as well as the accusation.

He accused Thailand of “unreachable and pre -designed military aggression”.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that his colleague in Thailand plays a positive role and deeply appreciated Trump’s “decisive mediation” and China’s constructive participation.

Adding that both sides can rebuild trust and trust, he said, “We acknowledged that the fight would stop immediately.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he and Trump are waiting for all parties to “fully honor their commitments to end this conflict”.

The fight scares border communities on both sides.