The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) has been assigned to provide facts and promote better understanding about the Thailand-Cambodia border situation through its international media networks.

Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s OfficeJiraporn Sindhuprai, who supervises PRD operations, stressed the need to provide accurate information about the current border situation to the world community, as disinformation might lead to misunderstandings and affect international relations.

She stated that the current Thai-Cambodian situation involves not only border clashes, but also information warfare. Therefore, it is crucial for the Government to focus on dissemination of facts and accurate information. 

Minister Jiraporn said that she had entrusted PRD with using its existing mechanisms to cooperate with such international media networks as the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), BBC, Xinhua News Agency, China Media Group (CMG), and People’s Daily in communicating facts and the truth on the global stage regarding the Thailand-Cambodia border situation. This would help prevent misinformation and disinformation and strengthen international understanding, as well.

In this connection, PRD Director-General Sudruetai Lertkasem, during her recent visit to Moscow, met Mr. Marat Abulkhatin, Deputy Director-General of the state-run TASS News Agency, for a discussion on working out a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on media cooperation between Thailand and Russia. The meeting took place on 31 July 2025, when both sides also discussed the dissemination of news and information of the two countries, as well as cooperation in producing multimedia content, sharing their media banks, and exchanging personnel and experts, especially in multimedia technology. 

The PRD Director-General said that cooperation between PRD and TASS would enhance the efficiency of Thailand in disseminating factual information about the country at the international level. 

On this occasion, she said, TASS, the oldest and largest news agency in Russia, expressed its readiness to serve as a center to disseminate news and information about Thailand to Russian people. It also welcomes Thailand’s clarifications on various issues, especially in cases of countering fake news.