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Thailand changes ASEAN summit venue
BANGKOK, Aug 14 (TNA) – The venue of 15th ASEAN Summit has been changed from the Andaman Sea coastal resort island of Phuket to the seaside resort towns of Cha-am and Hua Hin in the Upper South, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya announced on Friday.
The 15th ASEAN Summit and related Summits with dialogue partners was previously scheduled to be held in Phuket. The summit will take place October 23-25 as was originally planned.
Mr Kasit is now visiting Malaysia to attend a meeting of the Thailand-Malaysia Committee on Joint Development Strategy for border areas (JDS) and the 11th Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation from August 11-14.
The Thai foreign ministry decided to change the venue of the 15th ASEAN summit to the resort town of Cha-am in Phetchaburi and Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan after several talks with security agencies on the issue.
The new venue is considered appropriate in terms of both accommodations and transportation, Mr Kasit said.
Cha-am is located about 178 kilometres southwest of Bangkok, while Hua Hin is about 100 kilometres further south.
Thailand’s security agencies assessed the meeting venue based on security considerations.
It doesn’t mean that it is unsafe to hold the meeting in Phuket as originally planned, but the Phuket Vegetarian Festival will run concurrently with the ASEAN meeting, according to the Thai foreign minister.
The annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival is scheduled from October 18-26.
Mr Kasit said Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban who is in charge of security affairs have been informed about the relocation of the ASEAN summit’s venue. (TNA)
The 15th ASEAN Summit and related Summits with dialogue partners was previously scheduled to be held in Phuket. The summit will take place October 23-25 as was originally planned.
Mr Kasit is now visiting Malaysia to attend a meeting of the Thailand-Malaysia Committee on Joint Development Strategy for border areas (JDS) and the 11th Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation from August 11-14.
The Thai foreign ministry decided to change the venue of the 15th ASEAN summit to the resort town of Cha-am in Phetchaburi and Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan after several talks with security agencies on the issue.
The new venue is considered appropriate in terms of both accommodations and transportation, Mr Kasit said.
Cha-am is located about 178 kilometres southwest of Bangkok, while Hua Hin is about 100 kilometres further south.
Thailand’s security agencies assessed the meeting venue based on security considerations.
It doesn’t mean that it is unsafe to hold the meeting in Phuket as originally planned, but the Phuket Vegetarian Festival will run concurrently with the ASEAN meeting, according to the Thai foreign minister.
The annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival is scheduled from October 18-26.
Mr Kasit said Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban who is in charge of security affairs have been informed about the relocation of the ASEAN summit’s venue. (TNA)
