US, Malaysia work to expand Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and the US are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they hope will be signed during a Southeast Asian summit later this month, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Tuesday.

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Thailand and Cambodia engaged in five days of combat in late July that killed dozens of people and displaced more than 260,000.

They agreed to a ceasefire only after mediation by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and pressure from US

tion of the ceasefire, which the government in Phnom Penh has strongly denied.