Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire from midnight to end their five-day conflict, Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Monday.Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai met at Mr Ibrahim’s residence in Kaula Lumpur where they hailed the outcome of the talks and shook hands after a brief press conference.

Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed along the two countries' border in a major escalation of a festering dispute over territory that killed least 14 people, mostly civilians.