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

Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim says Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an "immediate and unconditional" ceasefire.

Thailand and neighboring Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire to end the worst fighting between the countries in the past 14 years. The agreement was made during talks in Malaysia on Monday.

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.

SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations Saturday of fresh attacks as deadly border clashes entered a third day, leaving at least 33 people dead and more than 168,000 displaced, as international pressure mounted on both sides to reach a ceasefire.

Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as fighting intensified and spread, while Cambodia's leader said Thailand had agreed to a Malaysian ceasefire proposal but then backed down.

China has dismissed allegations that it was supplying weapons to Cambodia amid its ongoing border conflict with Thailand, which has led to at least 33 deaths and hundreds of thousands displaced. Chinese officials denied supplying any new weapons or military support to the Cambodian Armed Forces amid the conflict,