PM Abhisit defends FM's airport comments

"His comments were made before the royal command appointed him as minister. He later explained to me what he had said and that what appeared in media was inaccurate," Abhisit told reporters.

"He merely wanted to convey the message that there was no violence during occupation but the way the media reported it amounted to him endorsing the shutting down of the airports," he said.

Meanwhile Kasit apologised over the remarks reported by Britain's Daily Telegraph about the siege by the protesters. The paper quoted him as saying that the food was good and the music was excellent.