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Council for National Security chairman Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin skipped the weekly Cabinet meeting Tuesday.

Not many Cabinet members attended the meeting as Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont led a team of ministers to visit China on Monday.

Sonthi has been invited to attend every weekly Cabinet meeting to keep updated of the government's works.

On Monday, Sonthi pledged to attend the meeting this week and said he would inform the Cabinet of the security measures for Wednesday when rulings against the Democrat and Thai Rak Thai parties are announced.

The Nation