Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara was responding on Friday to rising public concern over a report that the EU will penalise a Thai firm, along with counterparts in China, Kazakhstan, Serbia, and other countries, for helping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on February 10 that it had seen a document of EU sanctions targets that include four military/tech firms from China and one each from Kazakhstan, Serbia, India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Turkey. Overall, there are 21 entities on the list, the rest of which are based in Russia.
Parnpree said the EU could decide on whether to punish companies for doing business with a certain country, but he believed the issue would not impact international relations or investor confidence.
He said the government had not received any official complaint from the EU but would consider any…
