PUBLISHED : 27 Dec 2025 at 11:40
Gen Natthaphon Narkphanit, Thailand’s defence minister, right, shakes hands with his Cambodian counterpart Gen Tea Seiha as they signed a joint statement during a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) at Ban Phak Khat permanent border checkpoint in Chanthaburi province on Saturday. (Photo: Army Military Force Facebook)
Thailand and Cambodia have again signed a ceasefire agreement in Chanthaburi province following Phnom Penh’s acceptance of previously agreed terms.
Thailand’s Defence Minister Gen Natthaphon Narkphanit and his Cambodian counterpart Gen Tea Seiha signed a joint statement during a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) at Ban Phak Khat permanent border checkpoint in Pong Nam Ron district a…
PUBLISHED : 27 Dec 2025 at 11:40
Gen Natthaphon Narkphanit, Thailand’s defence minister, right, shakes hands with his Cambodian counterpart Gen Tea Seiha as they signed a joint statement during a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) at Ban Phak Khat permanent border checkpoint in Chanthaburi province on Saturday. (Photo: Army Military Force Facebook)
Thailand and Cambodia have again signed a ceasefire agreement in Chanthaburi province following Phnom Penh’s acceptance of previously agreed terms.
Thailand’s Defence Minister Gen Natthaphon Narkphanit and his Cambodian counterpart Gen Tea Seiha signed a joint statement during a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) at Ban Phak Khat permanent border checkpoint in Pong Nam Ron district around 10.15am on Saturday. The ceasefire takes effect at 12pm.
Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence also reported the agreement.
The joint statement reiterated both sides’ commitment to implementing the ceasefire agreement and working towards peace, stability and security along the border.
Gen Natthaphon said that Cambodia had agreed to all four points of the agreement discussed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October.
On Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reaffirmed that Thailand would accept a 72-hour ceasefire but would not agree to resume border negotiations at positions held before the latest clashes, insisting that Thailand “cannot retreat” from secured areas.
His statement followed a rocket attack by Cambodian troops on Ban Nong Chan in Surin province, which resulted in the deaths of three Thai soldiers and injured 17 others late Friday afternoon.
The agreement, signed by the Thai and Cambodian defence ministers, ended 20 days of fighting that has killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides.
The clashes were re-ignited in early December after a breakdown in a ceasefire that US President Donald Trump had helped broker to halt a previous round of fighting in July.
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