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| Govt opposes OIC talks on insurgency |
| The government is lobbying Tajikistan not to put the southern insurgency on the agenda of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference being held next month. |
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Tajikistan, the host for the conference of which Thailand is an observer, will also chair the meeting.
The request was raised with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi when they made a brief stop-over at Suvarnabhumi airport on Sunday evening. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Panich Vikitsreth met the two at the airport.
Mr Panich said Mr Rahmon understood the situation in Thailand and said the OIC should not interfere in the internal affairs of another country.
"Thailand sees the southern problem as an internal affair and will prevent outsiders from intervening because it might further complicate the situation," Mr Panich said.
Thailand successfully lobbied to preclude the issue from the OIC last year in Syria.
Mr Panich conceded it might be a bit more difficult this year as the OIC secretary-general had tried to raise Thailand's southern problem as a separate resolution.
If the issue is brought up as a separate country resolution, the OIC will raise it for debate every year and that might cause some members to misunderstand the situation in Thailand, he said.
The OIC foreign ministers will gather on May 17 for a political committee meeting to decide which issues should be tabled for consideration by the OIC leaders. The summit will be held from May 18 to 20.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lobbied Brunei and Bahrain over the southern issue during his visit to those countries last week. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has lobbied Pakistan and Bangladesh and given first-hand information about the situation to many Muslim ambassadors and envoys in Thailand.
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| http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/35639/govt-opposes-oic-talks-on-insurgency |
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