Malaysia says Cambodia, Thailand set for Christmas Eve ceasefire talks after Asean push

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Source: scmp.com
Malaysia says Cambodia, Thailand set for Christmas Eve ceasefire talks after Asean push
Malaysia on Monday said senior defence officials from Cambodia and Thailand will meet on Christmas Eve to discuss details of their pledged ceasefire, after Asean’s foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur to push for an immediate end to renewed fighting along their shared border. Fighting reignited in the contested frontier region earlier this month, displacing more than 500,000 people and killing dozens on either side, with Phnom Penh and Bangkok accusing each other of instigating violence and...