00:00Thailand and Cambodia are set to attend talks in Malaysia on Monday over the deadly border
00:05conflict, the Thai government said on Sunday. The announcement came as both sides accused
00:10each other of launching fresh artillery strikes on day four of renewed clashes.
00:16In the Thai province of Sisaket near the Cambodian border, some villagers sought refuge at a bunker
00:21set up in the neighborhood. This farmer said his wife left the area for a shelter.
00:26Yes, I'm scared, but what else can I do, he said, adding that he stayed behind to guard their home.
00:33Schelling could be heard in the distance on Sunday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said
00:38that leaders from both sides had agreed, after speaking to him, to work out a ceasefire.
00:43That follows a truce proposal by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim last week.
00:48Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Sunday endorsed the call for the fighting to stop.
00:53Thailand's acting Prime Minister Pum Tham Weichayachai thanked Trump, saying Thailand agrees in
00:59principle to a ceasefire, but that it, quote, would like to see sincere intention from the
01:04Cambodian side.
01:07The Thai government's statement said Weichayachai will lead his country's negotiating team,
01:11and that Malaysia has confirmed Cambodia's Prime Minister will be attending Monday's talk.
01:16Thailand and Cambodia have bickered for decades over undemarcated points along the 508-mile
01:22land border.
01:23Tensions worsened after the killing of a Cambodian soldier in late May during a brief border skirmish.
01:29Hostilities resumed on Thursday and escalated into the worst fighting between the Southeast
01:34Asian neighbors in more than a decade.
01:37The death toll stood above 30, mainly civilians, according to the authorities.
01:42More than 200,000 people have been evacuated from border areas.
01:52The people of concern are undem
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