Thailand and Cambodia hold talks on resuming ceasefire

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00:00It's a return to dialogue.

00:02After 16 days of fierce artillery fire exchange, defense officials from Thailand and Cambodia

00:08are discussing the resumption of a previous cease-fire brokered by Malaysia and the US

00:13at the Ban Pakad Palin checkpoint south of their shared 817-kilometer border.

00:19Both countries have accused the other of breaking the previous truce.

00:23The decision to hold talks came on Monday following a meeting between ASEAN leaders

00:27in Kuala Lumpur, but the plan was off to a rocky start with disagreements over a neutral venue.

00:34Ahead of the meeting, Cambodia's defense ministry urged Thailand to cease all fighting.

00:39Cambodia urged that Thailand immediately stop all hostile activity and withdraw its force

00:47from Cambodia in territorial integrity and a wide act of incursion and aggression that

00:54threaten peace and stability in the region as a whole.

01:02Cambodia is also reportedly pushing to include a formal border demarcation, a move which Thailand

01:07has rejected as a cease-fire remains its priority.

01:11Bangkok on its part is requesting an official halt to clashes monitored by observers and cooperation

01:17in demining conflict zones.

01:19The hostilities are part of the latest flare-up of a decades-old dispute over the colonial-era

01:25demarcation of their shared border.

01:27Despite the peace talks, fire exchange is ongoing as the neighbors accuse each other of hitting

01:32civilian areas in provinces along the frontier.

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