The agreement is a significant breakthrough to resolve five days of deadly border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thai and Cambodian officials met in Malaysia on Monday for the first round of cross-border committee talks since a tense ceasefire was brokered last week after five days of deadly armed border clashes that killed dozens and displaced over 260,000 people.

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 149.