Symbolic handshake ends Thailand-Cambodia fighting

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Cambodia and Thailand on Monday (July 28) hailed their successful meeting in Putrajaya which saw both sides agreeing to stop fighting at their border.  The immediate and unconditional ceasefire will take effect at midnight, after five days of military clashes.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Cambodia and Thailand on Monday hailed their successful meeting in Putrajaya, which saw

00:07both sides agreeing to stop fighting at their border.

00:11The immediate and unconditional ceasefire will take effect at midnight, after five days

00:16of military clashes.

00:18The agreement also includes an informal meeting of regional military commanders from both

00:23sides on Tuesday, followed by a possible session with Arsian defense attachés and resumption

00:29of direct communications between the two nations.

00:32Today we have a very good meeting and very good results that hope to stop immediately the

00:42fighting that have caused many life loss, injuries and also caused a lot of displacement of people.

00:50We hope that the solutions that Prime Minister Anwar just announced will set a

00:59condition for moving forward for our bilateral discussion to return to normalcies of the

01:08relationship and as a foundation for future de-escalation of forces.

01:14The two countries thanked Malaysia as Arsian Chair, the United States and China for their

01:36roles in helping them reach the ceasefire agreement.

01:40While many welcomed the truce, some expressed skepticism toward the sticking issue of territorial

01:45dispute on their contested border.

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02:08So I want to get back to the house.

02:10I want to get back to the house.

02:12I don't want to get back to the house.

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