Thailand and Cambodia Sign Joint Statement for an Immediate Ceasefire Effective December 27
Thailand and Cambodia on December 27 signed a Joint Statement of the 3rd Special General Border Committee at the Ban Pak Kard (Chanthaburi Province of Thailand) – Prum (Pailin Province of Cambodia) International Point of Entry, agreeing to an immediate ceasefire effective from 12:00 noon local time on December 27. The meeting was co-chaired by General Nattaphon Narkphanit, Minister of Defence of Thailand, and General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia, with the ASEAN Observer Team participating as observer, and the statement was signed at 10:15 a.m.
The statement sets out 16 measures. Both sides agreed the ceasefire covers all types of weapons, including attacks on civilians, civilian objects and infrastructure and military objectives of either side, in all cases and all areas; both sides must avoid unprovoked firing and any advancement or movement of troops toward the other side's positions, maintain current troop deployments without further movement, not increase forces along the entire border, and not construct or enhance military fortifications beyond their own side. After the ceasefire has been fully maintained for 72 hours, 18 Cambodian soldiers will be returned to Cambodia.
The statement also provides that civilians in the affected border areas should be able to return at the earliest, in safety and dignity, to their homes and normal livelihoods; that border demarcation goes back to the Joint Boundary Commission, which is to resume survey and demarcation work at the earliest and accord first priority to affected border areas where civilians resided; that both sides will work together on humanitarian demining under the Ottawa Convention through the Joint Coordinating Task Force; and that they will cooperate against transnational crimes including cyber scams and human trafficking. The role of the ASEAN Observer Team in verifying implementation will be strengthened.
The statement reaffirms the ceasefire arrangement of July 28, 2025, and the Kuala Lumpur Joint Declaration of October 26, 2025. Fighting had erupted along the Thai-Cambodian border in July and again in December 2025, resuming on December 8 and continuing for about three weeks before this statement brought a renewed ceasefire.
Source: Government of Thailand
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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