Thai working in Iraq remain safe as they live outside the current war zone, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Sek Wannamethee, director-general of the Department of Information, said the Thai embassy in Amman, Jordan, reported that the occupation of Mosul, the second biggest city in Iraq, by forces of the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group caused over 500,000 people to flee, but Thai people remained unaffected.
Mr Sek said that Thais working in Iraq were not in the conflict zone.
There were about 40 Thai nationals in Iraq in two groups - 24 engineers at Najaf airport and 16 female spa workers in Erbil and Duhok cities. The situations in these cities remained calm, he said.
Staff at the Thai embassy were of the opinion there was a slim chance the conflict in Iraq would affect Thais in Najaf, Erbil and Duhok at this time.
Thai officials were ready to help them if needed should the conflict between the ISIL militants and government armed forces intensify and expand, Mr Sek said.