Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara will seek a meeting with the prime minister of Qatar, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss the fate of the last eight Thais still being held hostage by Hamas.
He said that he will seek help from the Qatari prime minister, Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also foreign minister, to secure their release. The Qatari government has already played a key role in the release of Thai hostages.
Parnpree insisted that Thailand is not involved in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, is friend to all countries and does not allow any country to use Thai soil to cause conflicts.
The Thai Foreign Ministry invited the Israeli ambassador to Thailand to a meeting yesterday, to express its dissatisfaction with the embassy’s campaign last week, calling for the release of all hostages still held by Hamas, including Thais.
According to Parnpree, the Israeli embassy had not sought permission to organise the campaign and it may have complicated Thailand’s attempts to negotiate the release of the remaining Thai hostages.
Twenty-three Thai nationals have been released by Hamas so far.
