The talks between commanders on both sides were seen as a crucial test of whether the cease-fire deal reached on Monday would result in a lasting peace.
The talks between commanders on both sides were seen as a crucial test of whether the cease-fire deal reached on Monday would result in a lasting peace.
U.S.-backed talks to end the border war, in which militaries have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands, began on Monday in Malaysia.
U.S.-backed talks to end the border war, in which militaries have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands, began on Monday in Malaysia.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, center, Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, left, and Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, taking part in talks on a possible cease-fire between Thailand and Cambodia, in Malaysia on Monday.
An evacuation site in Surin Province, Thailand, on Sunday. The conflict began on Thursday with an eruption of violence near an ancient temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.
President Trump said he had intervened to help stop the deadly strife, now in its third day, after it extended to provinces about 200 miles south of where clashes began.
President Trump said he had intervened to help stop the deadly strife, now in its third day, after it extended to provinces about 200 miles south of where clashes began.
President Trump, who was in Scotland over the weekend, said he had contacted Thai and Cambodian officials to defuse the tensions between their countries.
People taking shelter in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province on Saturday. More than 35,000 people in Cambodia and 131,000 in Thailand have fled the fighting near the border between the two countries.
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