Fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border came to a halt Tuesday after military commanders from both countries met to enforce a ceasefire agreement reached a day earlier.
The military officials agreed not to target civilians or deploy more troops along the border, said Thai army spokesman Winthai Suvaree. The meeting was delayed after the Thai army accused Cambodian troops of triggering clashes across their disputed border after the ceasefire officially went into force at midnight. Phnom Penh denied the charge.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to the ceasefire following a push by U.S. President Donald Trump, who had threatened to halt trade deals with either country as long as the fighting continued. The truce came after five days of clashes that included airstrikes and artillery shelling, which left at least three dozen dead and displaced over 300,000 people along the roughly 800-kilometer border.
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