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Defence officials from Thailand and Cambodia will meet on Wednesday (Dec 24) to discuss the possibility of resuming a ceasefire between the two countries, Thailand’s top diplomat said on Monday (Dec 22), as border fighting entered a third week.

The decision was taken during a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur involving Southeast Asian foreign ministers, who were seeking to salvage a truce first brokered by Asean chair Malaysia and US President Donald Trump after a previous round of clashes in July.

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00:00The meeting is scheduled, and this is proposed by the Cambodian side on the 24th of December.
00:17So we will be working towards, and this time, you know, let's have, let's trash out the
00:23details, make sure that the ceasefire reflects what, you know, the situation on the ground.
00:32And the ceasefire is one that really holds, you know, and both sides are going to fully
00:37respect the ceasefire.
00:38Prior to this meeting, you know, I've heard from many sources that the Cambodian side has
00:47been telling everyone that they're ready for a unit, unconditional ceasefire.
00:52But we have never been told about that.
00:56There was never a proposal directly sent to us.
01:00So our assumption, our conclusion is that this is a way of putting international pressure
01:06on Thailand.
01:09And you know, if you really want a ceasefire, and this is the point I made and the meeting
01:15agreed that a ceasefire cannot come by way of a declaration.
01:20You declare ceasefire tonight.
01:23With that ceasefire, we respect it, right?
01:26So you need time to discuss the details of the ceasefire, the measures to implement a ceasefire.
01:34So fine, the Cambodians want a ceasefire.
01:38Let's have a discussion on a ceasefire.
01:41And so we propose that, you know, our two militaries should meet as soon as possible.
01:46Let them choose the date.
01:48Otherwise, you know, they may accuse us of delaying or whatever.
01:52Let the Cambodians choose the date for this meeting.
02:04Now, everyone has started to ask the question for yourself.
02:07You can't do it until now.
02:10What about the, you know, you know, you shouldvenue because you can't do it.
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