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Thailand to continue seeking Cambodian royal pardon for two Thai detainees
BANGKOK, April 8 (TNA) - Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has insisted that Thai authorities concerned will continue to seek a Cambodian royal pardon for two Thai detainees in the neighbouring country.
Kasit expressed his stance after Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told reporters in Phnom Penh earlier this week that the remaining two Thai detainees in Cambodia, Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipattanapaibul, need to serve two-thirds of their jail terms before a petition for a royal pardon from the Cambodian King can be filed.
Kasit said that despite the Cambodia’s stance, the Thai authorities would continue to negotiate, and that he did not want the issue to lead to a bilateral conflict.
Meanwhile, Charoen Khanthawong, an MP of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party, revealed that during the recent ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly held in Cambodia from April 3-5, he exchanged his views with over 30 Cambodian MPs, most of whom were concerned over protests by supporters of the yellow-shirt People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and news reports on the PAD's ASTV station as they had made serious accusations against the Cambodian government and had serious impacts on assistance for the two Thai detainees, as most Cambodian people thought the PAD was taking action on behalf of the Thai population. Charoen said he, therefore, clarified to the Cambodian MPs that the PAD was only a civic group who had a democratic right to demonstrate.
Charoen, however, urged the Thai yellow-shirt people to soften their protests and accusations against Cambodia in order to improve the political atmosphere and relations between Thailand and the neighbouring nation. (TNA)
Kasit expressed his stance after Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told reporters in Phnom Penh earlier this week that the remaining two Thai detainees in Cambodia, Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipattanapaibul, need to serve two-thirds of their jail terms before a petition for a royal pardon from the Cambodian King can be filed.
Kasit said that despite the Cambodia’s stance, the Thai authorities would continue to negotiate, and that he did not want the issue to lead to a bilateral conflict.
Meanwhile, Charoen Khanthawong, an MP of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party, revealed that during the recent ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly held in Cambodia from April 3-5, he exchanged his views with over 30 Cambodian MPs, most of whom were concerned over protests by supporters of the yellow-shirt People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and news reports on the PAD's ASTV station as they had made serious accusations against the Cambodian government and had serious impacts on assistance for the two Thai detainees, as most Cambodian people thought the PAD was taking action on behalf of the Thai population. Charoen said he, therefore, clarified to the Cambodian MPs that the PAD was only a civic group who had a democratic right to demonstrate.
Charoen, however, urged the Thai yellow-shirt people to soften their protests and accusations against Cambodia in order to improve the political atmosphere and relations between Thailand and the neighbouring nation. (TNA)
