Thaksin ready for talks

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told the Singapore Straits Times in an interview in Cambodia: “I want this war ended on the negotiation table. I want to see Thailand as one nation.”

Would he compromise? “I avail myself for compromise all the time,” he replied without hesitation.

Asked what he would bring to the table, he became animated, saying: “Whatever. They are in power. Why don’t they offer? We are ready to talk.”

He also said it might take someone “outside the system” to bring about a compromise.