Thailand, Cambodia reach ‘unconditional ceasefire' Malaysia PM Ibrahim announces
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the development after hosting talks.
US and China were also present at the negotiations.
Thailand and Cambodia will enter into an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight on Monday, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced.
'Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from 24 hours local time, midnight on 28th July 2025, tonight,' Anwar said after mediation talks in Malaysia.
China said on Monday it welcomed efforts to end fighting between Cambodia and Thailand.
'We hope that both sides will start from the shared interests of their peoples, uphold the spirit of valuing peace and promoting good neighbourliness, remain calm and exercise restraint, cease fire and end the conflict as soon as possible,' foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said ahead of the ceasefire announcement.
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Reuters reported that the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand arrived in Malaysia on Monday for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in their fierce border conflict, a Malaysian official said, amid an international effort to halt the fighting which entered a fifth day.
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The ambassadors to Malaysia of the US and China were also present at the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya, the official said.
Ibrahim, the chair of the regional bloc ASEAN, hosted the meeting his residence.
At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a market in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Monday, Thai police said in a statement.
The fatalities include the gunman who took his own life, Charin Gopatta, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told Reuters.
'Police are investigating the identity of the person and the motive for the incident,' Thai police said in a statement. The five people killed by the gunman were security guards at the market, it said.
No tourists were killed or injured in the shooting incident, said Sanong Saengmani, a police official in Bangkok's Bang Sue district, where the market that mainly sells agricultural produce is located.
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