“The legal experts should be consulted on the issue,” he said.
Yongyuth said he was uncertain whether the Cabinet would debate the issue next Tuesday because the government was obliged to await for the Council of State to draw conclusion.
He said the government would not risk causing untold damage if it had erred on the issue.
Government leaders, including Science Minister Plopprasop Suraswadee and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, have insisted the issue was purely about a scientific research without any bearing on security affairs.
The Nation