Speaking at the Royal Thai Army (RTA) headquarters, Prince Chalermsuk Yugala, an adviser to the RTA’s Chemical Department and an expert in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, said he was appointed by the United Nations in 1991 as a chemical weapons inspector in Iraq, giving him extensive experience in the field.
He explained that chemical weapons are among the most destructive types of arms, governed by strict international law. Both Thailand and Cambodia are parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits the production, stockpiling, and use of such weapons, and requires the destruction of any in possession.
Thailand is also bound by the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which bans the use of chemical weapons.
Prince Chalermsuk Yugala dismissed Cambodia’s recent accusation — accompanied by an image of a twin-engine aircraft dropping a red liquid — as a fabrication. The image, he said, was taken from California, United States, during a firefighting operation, and had no connection to Cambodia.
Despite this being debunked, Cambodian soldiers had recently posed wearing gas masks, allegedly to highlight ongoing fears, which he described as an attempt to revive discredited claims.
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