SI SA KET, Feb 26 – Thai Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat stood firm that today’s lunch meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh did not touch on the legal conflict on the border dispute. The Thai and Cambodian defence ministers held bilateral talks at the temple despite an earlier objection by the Thai Foreign Ministry […]
BANGKOK, Feb 21 – Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat reaffirmed on Thursday that the government has made the right moves to tackle violence in Thailand’s insurgency-torn deep South and that the situation will improve in a few months. The defence minister made remarks following renewed violence in the southern border region as he departed Bangkok for […]
BANGKOK, Aug 15 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is not satisfied with current plans by 17 ministries for resolving the continuing violence in Thailand’s Malaysian border provinces, according to Defence Minister Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat. The plans will be forwarded to the committee tasked with driving policies and strategies to deal with the southern […]
BANGKOK, 5 April 2012 (NNT) – Thai Defence Minister Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat said after attending an 8-hour long meeting of the Thai-Cambodian joint working Group (JWG) that both countries will not withdraw their troops from the disputed border until further notice. Talking about a preliminary result of the meeting, the Defence Minister said […]
Thai Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat has reaffirmed that the army will not stage a coup and has warned the yellow-shirt People’s Alliance for Demcocracy (PAD) to act within the law if it decides to stage rallies against charter amendments. “The national army chief [Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha] and I have told the media for the 101st […]
BANGKOK, 9 February 2012 (NNT) – Thai Defense Minister Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat has demanded that Pheu Thai Party List MP Mr. Jatuporn Prompan stop spreading rumors about a military coup, while also urging those opposing the lese majeste law to stop their movement. According to the Defense Minister, Mr. Jatuporn said he had […]
