Permanent Representative to the UN, New York Pramudwinai Don of Thailand

Now we are discussing the matter, Don was quoted as saying.

Don said the governments reaction was in response to factual errors and a lack of reverential treatment toward the royal family.

Don said that the government had hoped the book would fade into obscurity without repression and that any publicity would likely trigger a formal ban.

Now we are discussing the matter," Don said in a telephone call from New York.

There is only one country opposing Thailand," Mr Don said yesterday without naming the country.

Don said Phnom Penh was trying to get the international community to recognise a French map dating from the time when it was a French colony, which would give it several areas Thailand claims as its territory.