Sam Rainsy told reporters that he hoped his latest attempt to broker a ceasefire would be successful. He said that fighting in many areas where resistance forces were based had halted, although he admitted he was disappointed at the intensification of fighting over the past three days in the area around the northwestern border town of O'smach, where there had been heavy shelling. As a result of the opposition MP's meeting with co-premier Hun Sen last week, Hun Sen appeared to soften his position in his ceasefire demands.

The new terms for a ceasefire would involve troops loyal to Prince Ranariddh indicating their current positions and the strength of their forces. Unlike Hun Sen's earlier conditions for a ceasefire, opposition troops would be able to maintain their positions and retain their weapons while efforts were made to negotiate a longer-term peace formula. Sam Rainsy appealed to soldiers on all sides of the conflict to give peace a chance. He said the opposition forces had nothing to lose by observing the terms of the ceasefire and warned that Prince Ranariddh's Funcinpec party would appear to be the unreasonable side if it rejected the latest proposals.