Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire

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00:00The gunfire has finally silenced.

00:03After weeks of armed combat that continued through Friday night,

00:06Thailand and Cambodia's defense ministers signed a ceasefire agreement Saturday.

00:10The agreement prevents further military provocation from either side,

00:14ending a conflict in which dozens of people were killed and over half a million were displaced.

00:20Today's ceasefire paved the way for enabling the displaced people

00:26who are living in the border areas to return to their homes and work in the fields.

00:38Saturday's agreement was signed after international pressure from China and the US

00:42to bring a halt to fighting, which broke out earlier this month.

00:46Both sides accused each other of instigating the violence and violating a previous ceasefire.

00:51However, Thai and Cambodian officials expressed a desire that this time

00:55the conflict will end for good.

00:59I hope this will be the final signing so that peace can be achieved in the area

01:04and people can return to their homes.

01:11The ceasefire will be monitored by a team of observers

01:14from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

01:16and through direct coordination between Thailand and Cambodia.

01:20The agreement does not resolve the border dispute between the two countries

01:23over territory containing ancient temples claimed by both sides.

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