Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Friday reiterated that he will not attend a Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee meeting in Indonesia or any other third country.
"If the GBC meeting is held in a third country, its results may require parliamentary approval under Section 190 of the constitution. Therefore, the meeting must be bilateral, between soldiers of the two countries," Gen Prawit said.
The GBC is co-chaired by the defence ministers of Thailand and Cambodia.
Gen Tea Banh, the Cambodian defence minister, said in an interview with the Bangkok Post in Phnom Penh on Wednesday that Gen Prawit had agreed to attend the 8th GBC meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 7-8.
Col Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the defence spokesman, said in an earlier interview that there might be a misunderstanding on the part of Gen Tea Banh because Gen Prawit had never said he would go to Indonesia.
A military source in Cambodia said if Thailand and Cambodia could not reach a settlement on this mattter the 8th GBC might be postponed again.
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