Thailand says future of peace talks on southern insurgency depends on new Malaysian Government

A file photo of a military armored vehicle seen following an overnight bomb explosion by suspected militants in the Bacho district in the restive southern province of Narathiwat on May 21, 2018 - AFP

BANGKOK: Thailand says it will  wait for a decision by the new Malaysian Government regarding the future of the peace process over the southern insurgency following the defeat of the Barisan Nasional administration in last month's 14th General Election.

"We have to wait for the confirmation whether the facilitator (of the peace talks) will be the same or if Malaysia will continue with the policy (on the southern Thailand peace process)," said its National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general Gen Wanlop Raksanor here on Monday (June 18).