The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Relations between the Southeast Asian neighbors have deteriorated sharply since May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in an armed confrontation.

"There are reports of casualties and the Thai government is ordering the evacuation of certain areas," the U.S. State Department said in an alert.

Deadly violence has flared up once again on the contentious border between Thailand and Cambodia, reigniting a long-running but little-known dispute.

THAILAND AND Cambodia have mostly kept heavy weapons out of their long-simmering border disputes. So the sudden violence on the morning of July 24th came as a shock. Cambodian artillery shelled a Thai military base;

Cambodia and Thailand exchanged attacks Thursday along their disputed border as tensions between the two countries turned violent.

A major escalation in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia prompted mass evacuations from border areas Friday.

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Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier.