Thailand and Cambodia to meet for talks in Malaysia after days of border clashes

Cambodia and Thailand will meet in Malaysia later Monday for peace talks after days of deadly clashes on their disputed border sent civilians scrambling for safety and relations between the two neighbors cratering. The meeting is set to take place at 3 p.m. local time at the Prime Minister’s Office in Kuala Lumpur, according to a Thai government statement.

Fighting between the two continued over the weekend even after US President Donald Trump announced the Southeast Asian nations had agreed to ceasefire talks. Cambodian authorities accused the Thai military of striking at least two locations in the early hours of Monday morning.

Both sides have accused the other of starting the latest border flare-up, and traded blame for the ongoing fighting that has continued despite calls from the United Nations and other global powers for the fighting to stop. The dispute over their border goes back decades.

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