November 05, 2009
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
It is not essential for the Thai government to ask Cambodia's government to reconsider its decision of appointing the ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an adviser of the Cambodian government, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Thursday.
Former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra was officially appointed as adviser of his Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni, a statement of the Royal Government announced on Wednesday.
"It is not necessary for the Foreign Ministry to send a letter to Cambodia's government to review the decision since it is Cambodia's internal affairs," Thai News Agency quoted Suthep as saying.
The Thai government does not have any right to disrupt this, while the bilateral relations between Thailand and Cambodia have still existed, Suthep said.
"I am not worried that being the advisor of Thaksin to Cambodia will cause to any border tension so the Thai government does not have to adjust the Thai-Cambodian border strategy," the deputy prime minister said.
Also, Suthep said he has believed such the advisor's appointment for Thaksin will not be harmful to Thailand in the future since he is still confident that Cambodia does not want to have any problem with Thailand.
However, if there is evidence proving Thaksin lives in Cambodia, the Thai government will send a letter to the Cambodian government to ask for extraditing Thaksin to Thailand, Suthep said.
And, if Cambodia refuses to extradite Thaksin, Thailand will see if Cambodia breaks any laws having been agreed by the two countries, Suthep explains.
Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September, 2006, in accusation of corruption, and has been kept in exile since then.
He returned to Thailand in February, 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.
Source: Xinhua
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