THAILAND AND CAMBODIA REACH IMMEDIATE EASEFIRE DEAL

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire in a bid to end the border clashes between the two countries.

The acting Prime Minister of Thailand, Phumtham Wechayachai, and Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Manet, held talks at the Malaysian Prime minister’s official house in Putrajaya.

The emergency meeting was aimed at putting a stop to the escalating conflict, which has claimed at least 35 lives and displaced more than 270,000 persons in both Thailand-Cambodia border.