BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH - Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began talks on Dec 24 , both countries said, days after the neighbours agreed to discuss resumption of a ceasefire after 16 days of fierce border clashes that have killed at least 86 people. 

The talks come two days after a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur of South-east Asian foreign ministers convened to try to salvage a truce first brokered by ASEAN chair Malaysia and US President Donald Trump after a previous round of clashes in July.