Thai and Cambodian commanders meet in line with ceasefire pact

Timing delayed due to conflicting claims about overnight attacks

20250729 Commanders of the Royal Thai Army, left, and Royal Cambodian Army

Officers from the Thai army, left, meet with counterparts from the Cambodian army in no man's land near the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border crossing between Thailand's Sa Kaeo province and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province on July 29. © Royal Thai Army/AFP/Jiji

YUICHI NITTA and ANANTH BALIGA

July 29, 2025 15:28 JST

Updated on July 29, 2025 19:49 JST

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Thai and Cambodian military commanders met on Tuesday to begin implementing a ceasefire to end a five-day border conflict amid disputed claims that shelling was continuing.