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Peace pact still on track despite BRN’s no-show

Thailand will continue its policy of negotiating for peace in southern Thailand despite expressing frustration that the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) did not show up at the last scheduled negotiations in Kuala Lumpur.

Maj Gen Pramote Prom-in, a deputy commander of the 4th Army, told reporters on Tuesday that the latest dialogue took place in Malaysia’s capital on March 14-17 to further develop a technical framework for the Joint Comprehensive Plan towards Peace (JCPP). This resulted from meetings on Feb 21-23 between the Thai government and the BRN, the main Thai separatist group in the far South.

“Our technical team were in Kuala Lumpur for the meeting but BRN representatives did not show up. We tried to make progress on the peace talks, but they didn’t come,”…

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