Thailand may make use of certain types of weapons seized from a Georgian-registered cargo plane instead of destroying them as required by a UN protocol, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday
He said technical explanations regarding the matter would be given by officials responsible for the protocol process.
Asked by reporters to clarify his remarks on further on use of the weapons, he simply said: "If we don't need to demolish them, we can make use of them."
Asked if seizing the weapons would put the Kingdom at risk of terrorist attack, he said: "Thailand does not get itself involved at the centre of any conflict. We're just following a UN protocol, and all countries involved [in this operation] have a good understanding of it."
Asked what Thailand would gain from this action, the prime minister said: "Everyone benefits from us following a UN protocol. If we had failed to act, and these weapons were later found to have travelled through Thailand, we'd pay a price for that. What is needed is for us to prove to the world that we are a good member [of the UN] without getting ourselves into the centre of any conflict whatsoever."
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