KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — Thailand and Cambodia have asked Malaysia to keep mediating their ongoing border conflict, even after Malaysia’s term as Asean chair ends next year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said Putrajaya would continue acting as a mediator until the dispute is fully resolved.

A house damaged by Cambodia's shelling is pictured in Sisaket province, ahead of a ceasefire talks in Malaysia on the deadly border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that extended to a fifth day,

The agreement is a significant breakthrough to resolve five days of deadly border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands.