While the ceasefire has held since Saturday, Thailand says Cambodia violated the deal with drone flights over the border.Thailand has said it is delaying the transfer of 18 captured Cambodian soldiers amid the Southeast Asian nations’ simmering border conflict due to alleged breaches of a renewed truce agreement, as the ceasefire passed the 72-hour mark that was supposed to trigger their release.Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said on Tuesday that Bangkok had reconsidered the timing of the handover of the captured soldiers following the intrusion of Cambodian drones into Thai airspace on Sunday night.“The consideration of date and time of the release depends on the security side,” he said at a news conference, adding that the handover could “happen soon”.Thailand’s military had previously accused Cambodia of violating the terms of the ceasefire over the drone issue, saying on Monday that more than 250 drones had entered its territory on Sunday night.Asked about the delay in the soldiers’ release, Cambodian government spokesperson Pen Bona said the situation was being monitored, and the government had no reaction yet, the Reuters news agency reported.The handover of the troops, captured earlier in the latest outbreak of fighting between the two countries, was to have taken place if the ceasefire, which came into effect at noon (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, was observed for 72 hours.The truce has held so far, halting 20 days of fighting that killed more than 100 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides, although the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a formal prot …
