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5/18/2555

DEEP SOUTH Govt looks for OIC backing


        The government has called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to condemn repeated acts of violence being carried out by insurgents in the deep South. Continual acts of terror are preventing constructive peace efforts from taking place, it says.
       
Speaking at a press conference yesterday at the end of the OIC's visit to Thailand, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Foreign Affair Ministry's permanent secretary, said the government did not create the conflict and if there is to be peace and reconciliation in the three southernmost provinces, all sides must stop further acts of violence. "Unless all parties halt the violence, peace talks will not be realised," Mr Sihasak said. Adviser and Special Envoy of the OIC secretary-general Sayed Kassim el-Masry, said while the situation has improved in general, he is still concerned about the level of violence in recent months.
       Mr Masry was on a one-week visit to Thailand which took him to Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla provinces. Thailand and OIC share a common principle in the reconciliation process, and the government is rightly addressing the root cause of the problem, he said. Mr Masry hoped His Majesty the King's advice on solving the southern problems would be fully implemented. He added that the OIC does not encourage separatists and strongly condemns violence against civilians. He requested the emergency decree be lifted as it was causing problems for people living in trouble spots.
      Mr Sihasak said the time is not yet right to lift the law, adding that it is in place mainly to protect civilians.

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