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Thai FM Kasit not worried about ‘Yellow-Shirts’ planned protest
BANGKOK, Dec 31 (TNA) - Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya said on Friday (Dec 31) that he was not worried about the Thai yellow-shirt royalists’ plan to hold a mass protest on Thai–Cambodian issues next month.
Kasit’s remark was in response to the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD)’s plan to stage the mass rally on January 25, 2011 to oppose the memorandums of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC), Thailand’s participation in the development of the Preah Vihear temple and its vicinity as a World Heritage site and the Thai-Cambodian June 14, 2000 memorandum of understanding on the survey and demarcation of a land boundary.
The minister said that he had answered over 30 questions from the PAD and also confirmed that every action by his ministry would not result in Thailand losing any part of its territory. He insisted that all actions were based on facts.
“Some movements could hurt the Thai society. Attempts to improve politics should be constructive and be aimed at political and national reform,” Kasit said.
The foreign minister urged all parties that advocate peace to refrain from creating misunderstanding or hatred. He said that he had already talked with PAD representatives both in public and in secret but they did not bother to cooperate.
As for the hunt for fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Kasit said that it was proceeding and the countries that had treaties with Thailand would not let Thaksin launch any political movements on their soil.
Asked to comment on the possibility that Thaksin may enter the United States in 2011 as invited by a US parliamentary commission, Kasit pointed out that Thaksin could not enter the United States in the past few years and he would like to know why. (TNA)
Kasit’s remark was in response to the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD)’s plan to stage the mass rally on January 25, 2011 to oppose the memorandums of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC), Thailand’s participation in the development of the Preah Vihear temple and its vicinity as a World Heritage site and the Thai-Cambodian June 14, 2000 memorandum of understanding on the survey and demarcation of a land boundary.
The minister said that he had answered over 30 questions from the PAD and also confirmed that every action by his ministry would not result in Thailand losing any part of its territory. He insisted that all actions were based on facts.
“Some movements could hurt the Thai society. Attempts to improve politics should be constructive and be aimed at political and national reform,” Kasit said.
The foreign minister urged all parties that advocate peace to refrain from creating misunderstanding or hatred. He said that he had already talked with PAD representatives both in public and in secret but they did not bother to cooperate.
As for the hunt for fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Kasit said that it was proceeding and the countries that had treaties with Thailand would not let Thaksin launch any political movements on their soil.
Asked to comment on the possibility that Thaksin may enter the United States in 2011 as invited by a US parliamentary commission, Kasit pointed out that Thaksin could not enter the United States in the past few years and he would like to know why. (TNA)
