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BANGKOK, March 25 (TNA) - A stringent security law may be imposed at the venue of the Mekong Summit which Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend next month, said Thai Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.
Cambodia's Foreign Ministry said Hun Sen would attend the First Mekong River Commission Summit on April 4-5, accompanied by Foreign Minister Hor.
Namhong and other top officials.
Gen Prawit said security will be tightened when Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the summit, involving Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, in the resort town of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan, southwest of Bangkok. The meeting is scheduled for April 2-5.
The Thai defence minister said that he would oversee security measures at the venue himself, with Internal Security Act may be imposed only at areas.
around the meeting venue.
It will be Hun Sen's first visit to Thailand since the two neighbouring countries downgraded ties and recalled their ambassadors in November after the Cambodian leader appointed ousted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser.
The Cambodian government also refused the Thai government's request to extradite Thaksin to serve a two-year jail term for violating conflict of interest laws in helping his wife purchase a plot of prime Bangkok land at a lower than market price while he was in office.
The fugitive ex-premier now lives abroad, mostly in Dubai. He frequently addresses his red-shirted supporters via video link. The demonstrators have been encamped at Bangkok's Phan Fah Bridge for more than a week to pressure Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament.
The Thai defence minister called on the Red Shirts not to rally at the meeting venue.
He added that the number of soldiers to be deployed and security measures will be discussed later by the top military brass.
Cambodia's Foreign Ministry said Hun Sen would attend the First Mekong River Commission Summit on April 4-5, accompanied by Foreign Minister Hor.
Namhong and other top officials.
Gen Prawit said security will be tightened when Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the summit, involving Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, in the resort town of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan, southwest of Bangkok. The meeting is scheduled for April 2-5.
The Thai defence minister said that he would oversee security measures at the venue himself, with Internal Security Act may be imposed only at areas.
around the meeting venue.
It will be Hun Sen's first visit to Thailand since the two neighbouring countries downgraded ties and recalled their ambassadors in November after the Cambodian leader appointed ousted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser.
The Cambodian government also refused the Thai government's request to extradite Thaksin to serve a two-year jail term for violating conflict of interest laws in helping his wife purchase a plot of prime Bangkok land at a lower than market price while he was in office.
The fugitive ex-premier now lives abroad, mostly in Dubai. He frequently addresses his red-shirted supporters via video link. The demonstrators have been encamped at Bangkok's Phan Fah Bridge for more than a week to pressure Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament.
The Thai defence minister called on the Red Shirts not to rally at the meeting venue.
He added that the number of soldiers to be deployed and security measures will be discussed later by the top military brass.
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