Some 1,000 people in pink shirts assembled yesterday at Suan Luang Rama IX Park in Prawet district to demonstrate against the red shirts' rally, a source said.
Calling themselves the "Silent Power", the pink shirts paraded to Srinakarin Road before returning to the park and dispersing.
While marching amid tight police security, they handed out green stickers to people saying "Stop protesting, we want peace in life" and encouraging them to join their movement for peace in society.
They also urged the premier to bravely enforce the law against wrongdoers.
When they passed Seri Centre, two motorcycle-taxi drivers reportedly shook foot clappers, known as the symbol of the red-shirted protest, to challenge them, while one motorcycle-taxi driver grabbed a wooden baton as if he wanted to harm them.
But police intervened in time to prevent an argument from ensuing.
The group vowed to continue gathering every Sunday at 11am to show dissatisfaction over the red shirts' protests and violence.
Another group calling itself "Suksa Santivitee" issued a statement demanding the red shirts review their movement, allow a third round of negotiations with the government and set up a committee to reform the country.
The youth group criticised the red shirts for prompting the pink shirts to hold their rally at Lumpini Park on Friday instead of at Chulalongkorn University. The university announced it would close down until today.
The red shirts' activities infringed on the rights and liberties of others and the declaration of the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship had violated the academic rights of the university, they said.
Viewing the inconclusive talks between the government and the DAAD as a source of political crisis, the group urged the two sides to hold a third round of talks to produce a result that was good for the country.
They suggested the formation of a committee, comprising people representing diverse sectors of society, to organise community roundtables for brainstorming on the fair reform of social, economic, political, educational and environmental systems.
That would lead to improved laws and policies in the future, they added.
