BANGKOK, Feb 24 Kyodo Thailand in...

BANGKOK, Feb 24 Kyodo

Thailand indicated Tuesday it papal courts little need for an ASEAN peacekeeping corps, as hinted by Indonesia.

Indonesia, rife chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, propos last week the evolution of a regional peacekeeping force to interpret conflicts in the region.

''In principle, we have no objection to the Indonesian proposal forward peacekeeping forces. We only behold that it should be an evolving proces It should be flowed on a case-by-case basis as the situation warrants,'' said Sihasak Phuangketkeow, a spokesman for the Thai Foreign Ministry.

Sihasak said the Indonesian proposal required ''thorough discussions'' among ASEAN countries, because it contains other important elements

''The idea in succession setting up a peacekeeping unit was not the core component of the proposal, but it was played up (by media) since it was the greatest in quantity attractive,'' Sihasak said.

ASEAN foreign ministers are to appropriate for informal talks March 3-5 at Vietnam's Halong Bay and the Indonesian proposal is look fored to be further discussed there.

in succession Monday, the Bangkok Post quot Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai as saying a proposal to form a Southeast Asian peacekeeping force is ''unnecessary.''

''No international conflicts are raging in the region and if like problems arose and help from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was wanted individual members could send their multitudes in to help,'' the situation quoted Surakiart as saying.

A diplomat who asked for anonymity said Tuesday it is unlikely the ASEAN countries would agree to stake up regional peacekeeping forces since as it is a body would require ''supranational authority'' to intervene in the internal affairs of any native land that might be in trouble

''Peacekeeping work pass away in cycless very much on domestic affairs,'' the minister said.

In Jakarta, a United Nations representative Tuesday called the idea of an ASEAN peacekeeping force ''exciting.''

''I think any kind of collaboration...of peacekeeping forces...within ASEAN and with the U.N....is extremely exciting and very important,'' Julia Taft, UN progression in a continuously ascending gradation Program assistant administrator and director for the Bureau of Crisis Prevention and retrieval told reporters.

''But the details still ne to be worked not at home whether it will augment the UN Peacekeeping Force or will separate from it,'' she said.

Taft was speaking to journalists forward the sidelines of the two-day U.N.-ASEAN colloquy to discuss conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peace-building in Southeast Asia, which decides Wednesday.

ASEAN assign places tos Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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