A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to hold Tuesday as tensions lingered despite a truce agreement to end deadly border clashes following economic pressure from the U.S. The ceasefire that was reached in Malaysia was supposed to take effect at midnight,

Both countries' foreign ministers agreed that no other country should be involved in the issue, Mohamad Hasan said.

While Thailand and Cambodia have reached a temporary ceasefire in their border conflict, it is unlikely to hold as the conflict’s escalation is driven by Thai and Cambodian elites’ efforts to