Military commanders from both sides met for talks in a border town some distance from the 11th-century temple after gunfights broke out briefly early Saturday. At least three people have been killed so far in the fighting.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed a ceasefire and both sides will not reinforce their troops," Thai army spokesman, Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd, told AFP.

A Cambodian general also confirmed the end to hostilities, but added that the "situation right now is still tense".