Thailand has postponed a regional summit, to which Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has controversially been invited, until next year, citing the need for more time to prepare for the event.

 

Thailand is the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative, a regional organization that links South and Southeast Asian countries on the rim of the Bay of Bengal including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.

 
It had planned to host the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit on November 27-30.

 

However, the Pattaya Daily reported on Monday that, according to Kanchana Patarachoke, director-general of the Department of Information and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand has decided to reschedule the 6th BIMSTEC meeting until next year to allow for better preparation.

 

By The Irrawaddy 

Top: Thailand's then-deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister Don Pramudwinai (left) attends the 18th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Colombo on March 29, 2022. / AFP

 

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What does 'better preparation' mean exactly?

Well done, a passive aggressive statement to Burma.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand has postponed a regional summit, to which Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has controversially been invited, until next year, citing the need for more time to prepare for the event.

in real life, the reason given by the thai government is called a lie, in politics, this is high diplomacy. the funny thing is that nobody is fooled. 

Edited October 10, 20232 yr by Pique Dard

Does better preparation mean Sretta has better moral character than the sleazy army? Or better read of the optics, perhaps? Either way, it would be a step up from the moral wasteland the army previously imposed upon the nation. 

I would let the Burmese sort it out, and keep out of it. What do they need to be invited to this summit for?

Sadly in a civil war there has to be a clear winner and clear loser if there is to be any peace in the future. If there is no clear winner the conflict goes on and on and on and on. Look at Palestine, look at border disputes around the globe.....do you really think if Russia and Ukraine agree a peace deal that it will hold? Certain parties around the world foment war as an aid to their business. It is lamentable and immoral but true, and we live in a world filled with propaganda to disguise the warlike intent of this rogue nation.

Why not invite a dictator who kills hundreds of people?

4 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

What does 'better preparation' mean exactly?

I hope it means, "My God, what have we done by inviting that murderous dictator from Burma. Let's see if we can drop him off the list quietly, at least."

5 hours ago, webfact said:

reschedule the 6th BIMSTEC meeting until next year to allow for better preparation.

Wishful thinking on my part, but preparation for the arrest of the Burmese Representative for genocide??