Kuala Lumpur, July 28 -- Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia met at the Malaysian Prime Minister's residence today to discuss a ceasefire between the two countries.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, along with their respective delegations, arrived at the official residence of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is hosting and facilitating the talks to discuss a ceasefire on a conflict that broke out along the border of Cambodia and Thailand last week.

Before the meeting, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers released a joint statement early this morning, calling on both sides to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from taking any actions tha...