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Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:31
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No Thai military plane crashes in Cambodia
BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - Thailand's newly-appointed Defence Minister General Yuthasak Sasiprapa affirmed on Wednesday that there has been no Thai military plane crash on the Cambodian soil.
General Yuthasak insisted that the military aircraft reportedly crashed recently in Cambodia has never been used by the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
General Yuthasak's confirmation was in response to Cambodian reports that an unmanned spying plane sent by the Thai military had crashed in an area in the Cambodian territory, located some 20 kilometres from the Thai-Cambodian border.
According to the new Thai defence minister, Thailand has never sent any plane for spying mission in the neighbouring country and the Royal Thai Army's Second Army Area Command in charge of security in areas near the Thai-Cambodian border has officially sent a letter to Phnom Penh to clarify the allegation.
Regarding reports on exiled ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's planned business visit to Cambodian shortly, the new defence minister insisted that the incumbent Thai government and he himself have nothing to do with Thaksin's forthcoming trip to the neighbouring country, saying that his scheduled visit to Phnom Pehn, beginning from August 19, followed an official invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh, who is also the Cambodian deputy prime minister. (TNA)
General Yuthasak insisted that the military aircraft reportedly crashed recently in Cambodia has never been used by the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
General Yuthasak's confirmation was in response to Cambodian reports that an unmanned spying plane sent by the Thai military had crashed in an area in the Cambodian territory, located some 20 kilometres from the Thai-Cambodian border.
According to the new Thai defence minister, Thailand has never sent any plane for spying mission in the neighbouring country and the Royal Thai Army's Second Army Area Command in charge of security in areas near the Thai-Cambodian border has officially sent a letter to Phnom Penh to clarify the allegation.
Regarding reports on exiled ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's planned business visit to Cambodian shortly, the new defence minister insisted that the incumbent Thai government and he himself have nothing to do with Thaksin's forthcoming trip to the neighbouring country, saying that his scheduled visit to Phnom Pehn, beginning from August 19, followed an official invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh, who is also the Cambodian deputy prime minister. (TNA)
