Cambodia and Thailand's top defence officials began a meeting in Malaysia on Thursday to finalise a permanent end to hostilities following a violent five-day border conflict that ended in an unconditional ceasefire late in July.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to establish interim observer teams to monitor a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of deadly border clashes

After five days of conflict over their shared border in July, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to extend a fragile truce between their two countries, brokered with the help of Malaysian, US and Chinese intermediaries.