BANGKOK, Aug 19 – Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha accompanied Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa to visit troops stationed at the Thai-Cambodian border and to get firsthand information on the current situation in preparation for the coming General Border Committee (GBC) meeting.
Gen Prayuth gave an interview before leaving for the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket to boost morale of the soldiers assigned to the area.
He said the Regional Border Committee (RBC) Secretariat will meet Aug 23-25 and the regional meeting will be held Aug 26-27.
Thailand’s 2nd Army Area commander will meet Cambodia’s 4th Military Region commander. Their discussion is to cover about 15 topics. Any issues needing endorsement from the cabinet and Parliament will be raised at the extraordinary session of Parliament to lay out the operational framework prior to the coming general border meeting.
Regarding oil exploration in the overlapping Thai-Cambodian maritime border, Gen Prayuth said that every government in the past has handled the issue carefully because it is a border issue and needs time to study it in details. Any action must be taken to benefit the nation.
