According to a December 28 report, Cambodia and Thailand had agreed to ensure the safe return of civilians in border areas. Both sides agreed to allow residents forced to evacuate by the recent border situation to return home under safe and orderly conditions and gradually resume normal livelihoods and daily life. The emergency ceasefire they had agreed on took effect at noon on December 27, 2025.
The agreement was reached at the third special meeting of the Cambodia–Thailand General Border Committee (GBC). It was co-chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Tea Seiha and Thai Defence Minister General Nattaphon Narkphanit, the GBC co-chairs, with the ASEAN Observer Team attending by invitation. In a joint statement after the meeting, both sides confirmed an immediate ceasefire and made a series of specific commitments to ease border tensions.
Under the agreement, Cambodia and Thailand pledged not to use any type of weapon at any time or place, not to attack civilians, civilian facilities or military targets, to avoid unprovoked firing, military advances or troop movements, and to observe the principles of international law strictly. Both stressed that any action against civilians or civilian targets would seriously endanger border communities and harm the international reputation of those concerned. According to the official figures cited in the report, by the evening of December 26 the border conflict had killed 30 Cambodian civilians, injured 90 and displaced more than 640,000 people, with women and children making up a large proportion.
Compiled by this station.
