Royal Thai Armed Forces, Minister of Defense along with explaining the budget and missions of the armed forces Prepare to talk to the Navy Submarine issue before submitting to Cabinet Mr. Suthin Khlangsaeng, Minister of Defense Announcement of the results of the Defense Council meeting No. 1/2024 that today is the first off-site Defense Council meeting. who talked with the policy team that they should take the opportunity to visit the armed forces and took the opportunity to meet the Defense Council The Thai army is the first. and will circulate to other agencies outside the Ministry of Defense The first thing we talked about was Regulations specifying positions and qualifications for civil service positions in the Defense Department. There will be many civil servant positions that do not require a rank according to the Ministry of Defense regulations. and the Defense Council approved 'I will let the person choose whether to stay the same or become a new government official. Ready to pilot use at the Offic e of the Permanent Secretary for Defense. and other agencies further Positions you will start accepting such as news, correspondence, public health, doctors and nurses. This will not affect the original force and is not related to combat power. In addition, there is the matter of preparing to clarify the budget. About the mission of the army such as helping with floods in the southern region, PM 2.5 problems, and forest fire problems,' said the Minister of Defense. As for the matter of demoting the general's position, Mr. Suthin said that it had not yet been discussed. Because the battle plan is well known. But there are new things that have come in, such as the early retirement. The next meeting will propose this matter for consideration. It is expected that the results will be summarized at the next meeting. 'The number must be controlled and reduced, but most importantly, the cost of producing up skills or re-skilling if used as a soldier will require a high budget per person. and welfare will be similar to that of soldiers Next year we will start to see the personnel budget decrease. will follow the steps So that the army remains strong,' said Defense Minister Suthin. When asked about the progress on the submarine, Mr. Suthin admitted that he had read the Attorney General's document. and will discuss with the Navy soon because in the end it must end with a Cabinet resolution (Cabinet), which must be discussed completely before the matter goes to the Cabinet meeting. Still adhering to 3 principles: listening to opinions and the needs of the Navy, the interests of the country must not be damaged and does not affect international relations Minister of Defense Mentioned the resolution of the PM 2.5 problem and believed that this year will be good. We will discuss together with 3 countries: Thailand, Laos, and Burma. This year we are doing longer than every year and the 3rd Army Area has set up a center to manage this matter as well. Next year, technology may have to be used to help deal with PM 2.5, which curr ently still uses manpower. And will have you go to see work in many countries, such as America and Australia. There may be more bombs or drones fighting with dust instead of people. which is the problem of dust The Prime Minister has already given instructions. Source: Thai News Agency