Update | Thai army chief calls meeting with parties, protest leaders amid martial law
Crisis meeting ends without conclusion as more talks planned for Thursday
A crisis meeting between leaders of rival Thai political groups aimed at resolving long-running conflict ended inconclusively on Wednesday and the army has called for another meeting on Thursday, a participant said.
“The army chief asked us to go back home and think about the things we discussed in order to find a solution for the country,” Puchong Nutrawong, secretary-general of the Election Commission, told reporters, adding that the group would meet again at 2pm on Thursday.
Thailand’s army chief summoned leaders of rival political groups and parties, Election Commission members and senators to a meeting a day after he declared martial law, to discuss a way out of the country’s political turmoil.
The meeting came a day after army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha declared martial law to try to resolve a decade-long crisis that has raised fears of civil war.