Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire to end border fighting

Cambodian defence minister Tea Seiha, left, and Thai counterpart Natthaphon Narkphanit after signing the deal (AKP/AP)

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of armed combat along their border over competing claims to territory.

In addition to ending the fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side’s airspace for military purposes.