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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire three weeks after their long-running cross-border dispute flared up again.
More than 40 people have died and around a million civilians have been displaced.
The fatalities on the Thai side were mainly soldiers, while in Cambodia they were mostly civilians.
Phnom Penh hasn't officially said that any of its soldiers were killed.
A joint statement has been signed by the country's defence ministers.
The ceasefire is meant to have taken effect around now.
Shortly before we recorded this podcast, I spoke to the BBC Thai service's Panisa Imoka in Bangkok.
So at the moment, after 20 days of the new routes of confrontation between Thailand and Cambodia, both sides agree to stay exactly where they are.
There will be no moving forward, no reinforcement and no new patrols toward each other's line.
And also this will allow almost a million people from both sides of the borders area to go back to their home.
It is important to note that both of the countries also agree that after three days of the peace agreement,
The 18 Cambodian soldiers who are currently held in custody in Thailand will be sent home.
We've kind of been here before, though, haven't we?
There were clashes earlier this year and there was a first ceasefire.
Can this one actually hold?
We have seen, as we already mentioned, that the ceasefire in July was broken.
And also with the Kuala Lumpur joint decorations where the U.S.
President Donald Trump was there, along with the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was also there.
And it was also broken as well.