Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers as ceasefire holds

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Thailand hands implicit 18 Cambodian soldiers aft 155 days successful captivity arsenic a truce agreed implicit the play continues to hold.

Thailand has released 18 ‍Cambodian soldiers ‍it had detained since July, according to officials, 3 days aft the 2 countries agreed to a renewed ceasefire to extremity weeks of deadly borderline clashes.

Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the repatriation of the soldiers to Cambodia connected Wednesday, saying it was done “as a objection of goodwill and confidence-building”, according to a statement.

Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence said the soldiers arrived connected Cambodian ungraded astatine 10am section clip (03:00 GMT) connected Wednesday aft 155 days successful ‌Thai custody.

The borderline clashes reignited aboriginal this month, pursuing the breakdown successful the ceasefire woody that United States ‌President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim helped broker to halt a erstwhile circular ‍of struggle successful July.

The warring killed astatine slightest 101 ‍people and ⁠displaced much than fractional a cardinal connected some sides, and included combatant pitchy sorties, exchanges of rocket occurrence and artillery barrages.

The 2 Southeast Asian neighbours agreed to a renewed ceasefire implicit the weekend, and it took ‍effect astatine noon (05:00 GMT) connected Saturday.

The soldiers were owed to beryllium returned connected Tuesday, but Thailand delayed the handover implicit alleged breaches ​of the ceasefire deal, ‌which Cambodia denied.