Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire after weeks of border fighting

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00:01Thailand and Cambodia ended weeks of fierce border clashes on Saturday with a ceasefire,

00:06signed at this border crossing.

00:08It was the second truce in recent months, aimed at ending the worst fighting in years

00:13between the Southeast Asian nations.

00:15The agreement was signed by Thai Defence Minister Natapone Nakhpanit

00:20and his Cambodian counterpart Tay Seha.

00:23It ended 20 days of fighting that killed at least 101 people

00:27and displaced more than half a million on both sides.

00:32Cambodia's Seha said the initial truce was for 72 hours

00:36and that it would, quote,

00:38open the door for refugees living near the border to return home,

00:41earn a living, resume farming and allow children along the border to go back to school.

00:47They agreed on the return of the displaced

00:49and also that neither side would use force against civilians.

00:52Thailand is to return 18 Cambodian soldiers in its custody

00:56since major clashes flared up in July,

00:59if the ceasefire is fully maintained for 72 hours, according to the agreement.

01:04In the hours after the truce, it appeared to be holding, both sides confirmed.

01:08The clashes came to a head in July, then reignited early this month,

01:13after a breakdown in a ceasefire that US President Donald Trump

01:16and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim helped to broker.

01:20For more than a century, Thailand and Cambodia have contested various undemarcated points

01:25along their 500-mile land border,

01:28a dispute that has occasionally exploded into skirmishes and fighting.

01:32Saturday's pact, however, leaves the task of resolving disputed areas along the frontier

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