(Kuala Lumpur): According to the agreed minutes of the Extraordinary General Border Committee (GBC) Meeting between Cambodia and Thailand, both sides remain committed to implementing the common understanding reached at the special meeting on 28 July 2025, including the ceasefire and formation of ASEAN observer team led by Malaysia to verify and ensure its implementation.

The Extraordinary GBC meeting was led on the Cambodian side by Minister of National Defence Tea Seiha, and on the Thai side by the acting minister of defence of Thailand, held on Thursday (Aug. 7) in Malaysia.

Both sides remain committed to implementing the common understanding reached at the special meeting on 28 July 2025, including the ceasefire and formation of ASEAN observer team led by Malaysia to verify and ensure its implementation.

Pending the ASEAN observer team led by Malaysia as agreed upon by both sides in Putrajaya on 28 July 2025, the Interim Observer Team (IOT) comprising Defence Attachés of ASEAN Member States accredited to Thailand or Cambodia and led by the Defence Attachés of Malaysia will be established separately and independently in each country, Cambodia and Thailand, to observe, on each side, the implementations of the ceasefire on a regular basis. The composition of each country’s IOT is independently invited by the host country in consultation with Malaysia.

The IOT will operate without crossing the border and will work in close coordination and consultation with the RBCs and GBC of each country.
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