Thailand-Cambodia border calm as military commanders hold talks

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Military commanders from Thailand and Cambodia held talks on Tuesday (July 29), as calm returned to their disputed border and displaced residents began trickling back, following the South-East Asian neighbours announcing a truce to end five days of fighting.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3ze6rz77  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A shaky ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding Tuesday as military

00:07commanders met despite Bangkok's allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes.

00:12Following peace talks in Malaysia on Monday both sides agreed an unconditional ceasefire would

00:17start at midnight to end fighting over a smattering of ancient temples in disputed zones along their

00:23800 kilometre border. No there are no clashes along the border since 0029 July until as of I'm speaking

00:32right now. Ceasefire is is the first step and we have also agreed not to extend more troops to the

00:39border. I think it is important to have the international observer to monitor this situation

00:45to monitor this ceasefire agreement. Jets rockets and artillery killed at least 42 people

00:52since last Thursday and displaced more than 300,000. The flare-up was the deadliest since

00:58violence raged sporadically from 2008 to 2011 over the territory claimed by both because of a vague

01:06demarcation made by Cambodia's French colonial administrators in 1907.

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