Cambodia and Thailand agree to publish the ASEAN ceasefire screens Border conflict news

Both sides agreed to extend the truce, although Thailand still carrying 18 compromods that were taken hours after the armistice was carried out.

Cambodia and Thailand agreed to allow observers from the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) to monitor A. Firing This ended five days of deadly border clashes last month.

TEA Seiha and Acting Minister of Defense in Thailand Natavone Narkfanit concluded four days of talks in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday that aims to get rid of the conditions of Malaysian festivals, with a joint pledge to continue to freeze on the movements of the border forces and periodicals.

The two countries quarreled for decades on their wild borders, which are 817 km long (508 miles), The latest dispute After the explosion of Lubna land, five Thai soldiers were wounded last month, with the fighting caused by the killing of at least 43 people.

According to a joint statement of the so -called general border committee, each country will establish a temporary observer team consisting of defense officials from the Asian regional bloc and its coordination by the current President Malaysia, pending the publication of an official observer mission.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on Thursday that the United States welcomed developments as “an important step forward in consolidating the arrangement of the ceasefire and creating the ASEAN monitoring mechanism.”

“President Trump and I expect Cambodia and Thailand governments that their obligations will be completely to end this conflict.”

The ceasefire on July 28 followed the economic pressure of US President Donald Trump, who warned the nations that he would not conclude commercial deals with them if the fighting continued. After that, Washington reduced the customs tariff on goods from the two countries from 36 percent to 19 percent at the beginning of this month.

The Cambodian Prime Minister has managed Nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, praising him for his “exceptional sponsorship” and “insight and innovative diplomacy” in a letter addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

He said: “This time intervention, which avoided a devastating struggle, was vital in preventing the loss of large souls and payment of payment in order to restore peace.”

Fragile deal

The implementation of the deal was at first rough, as Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of violating international humanitarian laws and violating the armistice in the first few days of its implementation.

While both sides have now extended the shaky deal, the issue of 18 compound soldiers captured a few hours after the ceasefire arrived, the point is still attached.

Cambodia, Thailand, was accused of offering the arrested men, who numbered 20, with two wounded members on Friday. The Thai authorities described the “prisoners of war” group and said they would not be released and returned until after the end of the conflict.

The joint statement did not mention them directly, but he indicated that the prisoners should be fired immediately and returned home after stopping the active hostilities.

Tensions between the two countries have been growing since May, when a Cambodian soldier has been killed in a confrontation that created a diplomatic rift ROILED Domestic policy in Thailand.