BANGKOK: Administrative Reform Council (ARC) leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin told foreign diplomats that a civilian government would be appointed to run the country within two weeks and a general election could be carried out by October next year.
In what was billed as an attempt to restore confidence among the international community, Gen Sonthi told about 80 Bangkok-based diplomats that the military continues to stand with the people and that the coup was in line with their wishes.
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