The bilateral talk and joint press conference were held between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and H.E. Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao PDR at the Laos Prime Minister’s Office on a solution to border tension between the two nations in the morning of 12 August 2017. During the negotiations, Samdech Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to order the deployed troops to return to their respective bases while Lao Prime Minister H.E Thongloun Sisoulith agreed to pull back the Lao troops from Cambodian territory not later than August 13 morning. Both sides agreed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Border Committee of the two countries would continue to work together to solve remaining border issues.