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Thailand votes to end Ukraine war

Nation ‘right’ to back UN resolution

A Ukrainian girl holds up her national flag on Friday at an event held in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Bangkok.  Apichart Jinakul

Foreign affairs scholars said Thailand made the right decision in supporting the UN’s resolution calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and demanding Russia’s immediate withdrawal from the country.

With any de-escalation of the tensions, Thailand stands to gain economically while the elected government after the next poll will win more international recognition for the decision to back the UN resolution, they said.

Virot Ali, an international relations academic at Thammasat University, said that Thailand’s vote in support of…

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