Bangkok, 12/ 11/2009 (Xinhua) — The Thai government’s measures in response to Cambodia’s denial on Wednesday to extradite ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand will not cause to any violence, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva assured Thursday.
Also, the measures will not negatively affect the people of the two countries, Thai News Agency quoted the Thai prime minister as saying.
As Cambodia has denied of extraditing Thaksin to Thailand, Cambodia, hence, has not followed a bilateral agreement of the two neighboring countries, Abhisit said.
Abhisit’s statement was made after an urgent meeting with the National Security Council, which was organized after Cambodia has refused the Thai request to extradite Thaksin to Thailand.
In related development, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said the Thai government plans to suspend two financial aid projects to Cambodia.
However, the ongoing conflict with Cambodia will not lead to any political change within Thailand, including dissolution of the House of Representatives, the deputy prime minister said.
Thaksin, who has stayed in Cambodia from Tuesday, gave lecture on Thursday to over 300 Cambodian economic experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance as his first lecture focused on “Strategy to Fight Financial and Economic Crisis.”
Thailand and Cambodia have downgraded their diplomatic relations due to conflict over an appointment of Thaksin as an economic advisor to Cambodia’s government on Nov. 4.
A day after the appointment of Thaksin, the Cambodian government announced recall of its ambassador to Thailand in a move to respond to the Thai government’s recall of its ambassador to Cambodia.
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.
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