China sends envoy to Thailand, Cambodia to facilitate talks

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China sent a special envoy to Thailand and Cambodia to facilitate dialogue, following renewed clashes along their shared border that has killed more than two dozen people.

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00:00China has sent its special envoy for Asian affairs to Thailand and Cambodia

00:04to facilitate dialogue between the two countries.

00:08Beijing says it has been closely monitoring the ongoing border conflict

00:11and is actively working to de-escalate tensions.

00:15Fighting between the neighbours reignited after a skirmish on December 7.

00:20The renewed clashes have killed more than two dozen people

00:22and displaced more than 800,000 others.

00:26It shattered a ceasefire reached at the ASEAN summit in October,

00:30overseen by the US and Malaysia, which had ended five days of bloody fighting in July.

00:36China has since dispatched its envoy twice to seek mediation

00:40following the collapse of the peace agreement.

00:43US President Donald Trump has also attempted to intervene,

00:46claiming last week that both sides had agreed to a ceasefire starting Saturday night.

00:51Bangkok, however, has denied that any such agreement was reached.

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