Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is confident that the Government will be able to restore peace in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, which have experienced difficulties since 2004 because of unrest.

The Prime Minister spoke of the Government’s policy regarding the southern situation when a group of journalists from Southeast Asia and South Asia paid a courtesy call on him on July 19 at Government House.