Thai and Cambodian leaders agreed to halt hostilities in their deadliest border conflict in more than a decade, after a push by the US and regional powers for a diplomatic resolution.

The meeting comes after US President Trump suggested he would not resume trade talks if hostilities continued.

The ceasefire takes effect at midnight on Monday in a bid to end the Southeast Asian neighbors’ deadliest conflict in more than a decade.

Negotiations to end the border conflict, which has killed dozens of people since it began last week, are scheduled for Monday in Malaysia’s capital.

Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people.

The UN Security Council held an emergency closed-door meeting Friday in New York. Malaysia, which chairs the 10-nation regional bloc that includes both countries, called for an end to the hostilities and offered to mediate.

By bno - Taipei Office The outbreak of hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia earlier this month has raised alarm across Southeast Asia, not only for its humanitarian implications but also for the serious risk it poses to energy infrastructure and long-term power security in both nations.

I am calling the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, right now, to likewise request a Ceasefire, and END to the War, which is currently raging,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday The US is currently engaged in trade negotiations with both nations,