Tuesday, 13 April 2010
The Cambodia News.net
THE Thai government has rejected calls from Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong that ASEAN take special action to bring a peaceful resolution to violent protests in Bangkok, downplaying the seriousness of the situation, Foreign Ministry officials said Monday.
Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said officials from the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Cambodian Embassy on Monday that Hor Namhong’s request to the Vietnamese government – which currently holds ASEAN’s rotating chairmanship – was unnecessary.
“Firstly Thailand said the situation occurring in Thailand right now is not so serious yet, and secondly, they said that the Thai foreign minister is absent from Thailand, he is now in the United States,” he said.
He repeated Hor Namhong’s belief, stated in a letter to Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem on Saturday, that the situation was extremely serious and in the least warranted a declaration from ASEAN or a special meeting of the 10-member regional bloc.
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