Trump oversees the peace deal and trade agreements in a flash visit to Malaysia – but what is in the pact on the border dispute?

United States President Donald Trump has kicked off his weeklong, high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, by presiding over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia.

Trump had flown to Malaysia to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where he also signed separate trade deals on Sunday with Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as well as agreements on critical minerals with Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.

The highlight of his appearance was a peace declaration between Cambodia and Thailand that expanded on a ceasefire agreement reached in July, which brought deadly border clashes to a halt.

The agreement was signed by the prime ministers of the ASEAN neighbours, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and was overseen by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, which currently chairs ASEAN.

While the regional leaders hailed the ceasefire as “historic”, the differences between them run deep with decades-long disputes over their border and temples claimed by both sides.

So what’s in the deal and can the ceasefire really hold?

What do we know about the peace agreement?

Under the joint declaration by the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed on Sunday, the neighbo

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