29/04/2011
Bangkok Post and Reuters
An uneasy calm settled over the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire following a week of clashes which left 15 people dead and forced 48,200 villagers to flee the area.
The ceasefire agreement came hours after another heavy battle at the border between Surin’s Kap Choeng district and Oddar Meanchey province of Cambodia.
Both sides agreed to stop the exchange of gunfire as of noon yesterday, said commander of the Second Army Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakhon after a 40-minute meeting with Lt Gen Chea Mon, chief of the Cambodian Fourth Region Army at a casino at the Chong Jom-O Samet checkpoint in Surin’s Kap Choeng district.
”The fighting has apparently stopped,” he said, adding that the army was closely watching the situation to ensure the agreement was not broken.
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