Trump congratulated the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia "on their brilliance in coming to this rapid and very fair conclusion".

CHANTHABURI, Thailand/PHNOM PENH | Xinhua | Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint statement on Saturday to agree on a ceasefire from 12:00 p.m. local time. The statement was inked by Thai Defense Minister Natthapon Nakpanich and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Seiha during the third Special General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, which …

The European Union has urged the "good faith" implementation of a ceasefire deal between Thailand and Cambodia, where the sides have agreed to halt weeks of fierce border clashes.

As nationalism on both sides gets more strident, any peace between Cambodia and Thailand engineered before the Feb 8 election will ultimately only be tactical, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.