The 20-day battle left more than 100 people dead and more than 500,000 displaced.
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A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Thailand and Cambodia to end weeks of fighting. Cambodian Defense Minister T. Seyha and Thai Defense Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit signed the ceasefire agreement on Saturday.
More than 100 people have been killed in the fighting. Similarly, more than half a million civilians from both countries have been displaced.
The agreement came into effect at 12 noon local time on Saturday. Al Jazeera reported that the firing stopped in the Cambodian border town of Poipet.
Thailand has also agreed to return 18 Cambodian soldiers (who were captured during the fighting) within 72 hours of the ceasefire.
The two countries have been locked in fierce fighting for the past 20 days. The agreement also includes a team of observers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to monitor the implementation of the current agreement. The two sides have also agreed to resolve problems through dialogue.
This is the second war between Thailand and Cambodia this year. The previous five-day war in July left dozens of people dead. A ceasefire was then brokered between the two countries by the US, China and Malaysia. But the ceasefire broke down again in early December.
