Thai Defense Minister Natthapon Nakpanich and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Seiha on Saturday signed an agreement on ceasefire at a border checkpoint in Thailand's Chanthaburi Province.
The ceasefire took effect at 12:00 local time Saturday, according to a joint statement issued by the two sides.
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Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
In the statement, both sides reaffirm their firm commitment to fully implementing the ceasefire agreement and seeking peace, stability and security for the people along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Ceasefire talks between the two sides began at around 09:40 local time Saturday.
The Thailand-Cambodia border clashes reignited on Dec 7, with both sides accusing the other of initiating the attack. More than 100 civilians have since been killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated.
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on ceasefire
A super El Nino event officially formed in September 2026, monitoring data from China's National Climate Center showed on Friday.
Zhao Junhu, chief forecaster at the center, said that the equatorial central and eastern Pacific entered an El Nino state in May this year, with sea surface temperatures in the key monitoring region rising rapidly and continuously from May to September.
The three-month running mean of the sea surface temperature (SST) index in the monitoring region has remained above 0.5 degrees Celsius for five consecutive months. The index exceeded 2.5 degrees Celsius for the July-September period, meeting the threshold for a super El Nino event.
The event is classified as an eastern Pacific-type El Nino, in which the warmest sea surface temperatures are concentrated in the equatorial eastern Pacific.
Monitoring data showed that sea surface temperatures across most of the equatorial Pacific in September were above average of the same period, with temperatures in the warm pool of the eastern Pacific exceeding the climatological average by more than 3 degrees Celsius.
The SST index for the monitoring region reached 2.94 degrees Celsius in September, up 0.35 degrees Celsius from August. The average index for the July-September period stood at 2.54 degrees Celsius.
Based on a combination of domestic and international dynamical climate models and statistical forecasting methods, the center expects sea surface temperatures in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific to continue rising over the next three months, peaking in late autumn or early winter, Zhao said.
The event is expected to become the strongest El Nino on record since systematic monitoring began, he added.
Super El Nino event formed in September: China's National Climate Center
