Thailand and Cambodia held a summit and agreed to a ceasefire on the 28th (local time). It came four days after armed clashes over border issues. According to foreign news agencies like Reuters, Thailand's acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Pumtham Wechayachai, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet decided this during an urgent meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, presided over the meeting, stating, "Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire," adding, "They will enter into the ceasefire starting at midnight." Malaysia is the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Thailand and Cambodia have engaged in a territorial dispute for decades over the border established during the French colonial period in Indochina. Clashes occurred in May in the border area of the Nam Yuen region in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand, escalating conflicts after the death of a Cambodian soldier.
The Thai government stated on the 24th that armed clashes occurred due to gunfire from the Cambodian military in the border area between Surin Province in eastern Thailand and Uddar Meanchey Province in northwestern Cambodia. Cambodia countered that Thailand provoked the situation. The clashes resulted in 35 fatalities, including civilians and military personnel (22 Thais and 13 Cambodians), and more than 140 injuries. About 260,000 people were displaced.