Thailand and Cambodia sign new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting
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Thailand Cambodia In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha, left, stands with Thai Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit, right, at the General Border Committee Meeting in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AKP via AP) g (AP)
APTOPIX Thailand Cambodia The Thai military fires artillery towards Cambodia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, seen from Thailand's Sa Kaeo province. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Wason Wanichakorn/AP)
Thailand Cambodia Illumination flares fired by Thai military forces shine in Poipet, Cambodia, as seen from Sa Kaeo, Thailand, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Wason Wanichakorn/AP)
Thailand Cambodia In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha, left, stands with Thai Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit, right, at the General Border Committee Meeting in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AKP via AP) (AP)
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday announced they have signed an agreement to implement a ceasefire to end weeks of armed combat along their border over competing claims to territory. It took effect at noon local time.
In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side’s airspace for military purposes.
Only Thailand had employed airstrikes in the fighting, as recently as Saturday morning, according to a statement issued earlier by Cambodia’s defense ministry.
Another major clause calls for Thailand —“after the ceasefire has been fully maintained for 72 hours”— to repatriate 18 Cambodian soldiers it has held as prisoners since earlier fighting in July. Their release has been a major demand of the Cambodian side.
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