Thailand-Cambodia border tensions and Myanmar’s civil war will be key topics of discussion at the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia, ASEAN’s current rotating chair, will host over 30 heads of state at the October 26-28 event, including US President Donald Trump , who is expected to oversee the signing of a peace accord between Thailand and Cambodia.

The two neighbors have a long-standing border dispute that goes back over a century.

Tensions along the Thai-Cambodia frontier erupted into full-scale cross-border combat in July. At least 43 people were killed and 300,000 civilians displaced during five days of clashes.

A ceasefire agreement brokered by Malaysia, China, and the US came into effect on July 2

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