Thailand’s army chief will chair a meeting Wednesday between representatives from both sides of the country´s bitter political divide, a day after declaring martial law, a military spokeswoman said.
General Prayut Chan-O-Cha called the meeting between top officials of the ruling and opposition parties as well as the election commission, the Senate and the heads of the pro- and anti-government protest camps at the Army Club in Bangkok at 1:30 pm (0630 GMT), said the spokeswoman
Caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, who replaced ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra after a controversial court ruling last week, was not believed to have been invited.
