India, Dec. 21 -- US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that Washington hopes a renewed ceasefire can be reached early next week to halt the ongoing clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces.

"We are working hard to push everybody back to compliance. And we are cautiously optimistic that we can get there by Monday or Tuesday of next week," Rubio told journalists on Friday, AFP reported.

Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN are scheduled to meet on Monday in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the crisis.

Rubio said he spoke by phone on Thursday with Thailand's foreign minister and that Washington will continue diplomatic engagements over the weekend.

"Both sides have made commitments in writing that they signed," Rubio said.

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