PM:Thais to be evacuated from Egypt in case of emergency

BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - Prime Minister and Defence Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says that her government has prepared military aircraft C-130 Hercules and coordinated with commercial airlines to timely assist and evacuate Thai nationals from violence-plagued Egypt in case of any emergency. Yingluck told journalists of the moves amid ongoing bloody political unrest in Egypt, having latest erupted since August 14. Yingluck acknowledged that she has ordered the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to closely monitored the updated situation and to remain on standby to immediately assist and evacuate Thai nationals in case of any emergency. The Thai premier suggested that families who are worried over their relatives in Egypt can contact the Thai Embassy in Cairo for assistance, though there have been no requests from any Thai national for a flight arrangement. A most fatal crackdown in Cairo erupted last Wednesday amid a persistent anti-government protest, starting in June 2013, which led to a coup d’état on July 3, bringing out together demonstrators to defend the legitimacy of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, the first-elected Egyptian president, until security forces resolved to crack down on them. (TNA)