Thailand slams Germany for holding prince`s plane

15.07.2011 [14:22]
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Baku, July 15 (AZERTAC). Thailand`s foreign minister embarked on an urgent mission to Germany on Thursday, accusing authorities there of making a "huge mistake" in impounding an aircraft owned by the Thai crown prince.

A Boeing 737 often flown by Maha Vajiralongkorn himself, the heir to the Thai throne, was sealed and banned from taking off late on Tuesday, Munich airport said, as part of a long-running business dispute.

On Wednesday Werner Schneider, insolvency administrator for the Walter Bau construction firm, said the seizure followed repeated refusals by the Thai government to pay money it owes the company.

"Legally, this is a huge mistake," Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told reporters in Bangkok, before departing for Europe.

"The thing that we want urgently is for the German court to act on our request revoke the seizure immediately."

Kasit said the plane belonged to the crown prince, not the government, and that the issue had "nothing to do" with the royal.

"If this takes too long it might affect the feelings of Thai people towards German people and the country because this is related to the monarchy," he warned.

Thailand slams Germany for holding prince`s plane

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