Bangkok, 15 Oct. – The Prime Minister held a meeting of the Emergency Situation Center regarding the unrest situation in Israel. Ready to show the flight schedule bringing 5,700 Thai people back to the country until the end of this month. Ordered to prepare to charter an Airbus A380 aircraft to take more Thai people back to their country.
Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chaired the Emergency Situations Center meeting on the unrest situation in Israel. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today (Oct. 15, 2023) to monitor the situation of violent events in the Middle East. which is entering the 9th day of war Ready to follow up on assistance to Thai citizens and Thai workers who are still stranded. which was affected by the war in the area and is waiting to be evacuated back to Thailand Including clear guidelines for arranging flights. To evacuate 200-400 Thai people per day and guidelines for providing assistance to Thai people who are being held hostage.
For this meeting There are officials and representatives of various agencies. Attending the meeting in unison include Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense, Minister of Public Health, Minister of Social Development and Human Security, Minister of Transport, Minister of Labor, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Royal Thai Air Force, Directors General of all departments under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Intelligence Agency, etc.
In addition, there is an online meeting connection to various departments. Both the Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv Israel Including the Thai Embassy, Thai Consulate General in some Middle Eastern countries, the International Counter-Terrorism Operations Center, etc.
The Prime Minister also had side discussions with Mr. Saran Charoensuwan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before being the chairman of the Emergency Situation Center meeting
by the Prime Minister Statement after the meeting said Four more Thai people have died, but the government insists on giving this matter the highest priority. with transporting Thai people out of Israel as quickly as possible and confirming that there is a flight schedule Nok Air, Air Israel, Thai Airways and Spice Air, by the end of this month will import 32 flights and until the end of this month will bring 5,700 Thai people back to Thailand, but this is still not enough. Because there are more than 7,000 Thai people requesting to return to Thailand and the number is likely to continue increasing. There is also concern about transporting people from high-risk areas. Because there is still a battle that is not yet over. Although Israel has postponed the land attack for another 2-3 days, if there is a land attack The situation will become more serious. So be careful. Causing the transport of all people out or by boat, it is considered that the door has closed, so we must rely only on air. At the same time, we also ordered relevant agencies to rent an Airbus A380 aircraft, which has two decks and can hold more than 500 people.
The Prime Minister also stated that for all 17 hostages, we used four channels for negotiations, including diplomatic channels. International, military and non-governmental intelligence agencies (NGOs) with networks in various countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Report on the progress of the number of Thai citizens affected in Israel that there are now 4 more deaths, a total of 28 people, 16 injured, and 1 more person taken hostage, a total of 17 people.
Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, Minister of Public Health, revealed that this morning (Oct. 15, 2023) received a report from the Medical and Public Health Emergency Operations Center that there was recently information on 90 Thai workers returning to Thailand. People were divided into 88 men and 2 women who had their health screened. Found 1 case of scab and 1 case of swollen hand. Mental health problems were not found. And it is also reported that In total, 161 Thai workers have returned to the country. For the first batch of injured workers, 3 were sent to the hospital. Recently, 2 have been released from the hospital, with 1 remaining for treatment. He is now in safe condition. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency