Thai and Cambodian leaders are meeting in Malaysia in an urgent effort to resolve deadly border clashes that entered a fifth day despite mounting international calls for peace.

Ceasefire talks between Cambodia and Thailand were underway in Malaysia on Monday after days of deadly clashes on their disputed border sent civilians scrambling for safety and relations between the two neighbors cratering.

A meeting is under way in Malaysia between the premiers of Thailand and Cambodia to discuss a potential ceasefire following days of deadly border clashes between the two South-East Asian nations, local state media reported on Monday.