Published on November 3, 2023, at 15:46
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin stated on Friday that twenty of the Vietnamese workers who had been kidnapped by Hamas are safe and being moved to a single place while they wait to be freed when the time is right. Anwar Ibrahim, the prime minister of Malaysia, was cited as telling him on the phone.
Mr. Srettha claimed that the Malaysian prime minister called him on Thursday and informed him that 20 Thai hostages — a total of 12 — were being relocated to the same location while they awaited the release.
Nevertheless, he cited Mr. Ibrahim as saying that efforts were being made to find two or three additional Siamese victims whose whereabouts were still unknown.
Another Thai actor, bringing the total to 23, was taken prisoner, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday.
When asked if the hostages’ people could now be confident in their children’s safeness, Mr. Srettha replied,” Yes, as I merely said.” However, the whereabouts of the other two or three people are also unknown. 20 are healthy, according to the Indonesian prime minister.
Mr. Srettha expressed his gratitude for Ibrahim’s generosity and said the Malay rival promised to call him once more information about the hostage situation emerged.
He claimed that the head of the Thai defense forces had visited Malaysia over the previous year in an effort to broker the release of Thai hostages.
Panpree Bahiddha-nukara, the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, had likewise visited Qatar and Egypt for this purpose before arriving back in Thailand on Thursday.
In the event that Vietnamese people, not only in Israel but also in other nations, want to return home, Mr. Srettha said he would get important officials to put plane on standby and make aircraft routes.