Cambodia and Thailand's top defence officials began a meeting in Malaysia on Thursday to finalise a permanent end to hostilities following a violent five-day border conflict that ended in an unconditional ceasefire late in July.

Yet up until the recent outbreak that began in late May and ended with a cease-fire on July 28, the two countries were still able to manage bilateral military cooperation after the last of the Khmer Rouge insurgency in Cambodia was defeated in 1998.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will continue to play its coordinating role in the ceasefire efforts between Thailand and Cambodia, without a need for a full-scale Asean intervention, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.