Indonesia said Wednesday it was confident Thailand would be able to host a regional summit scheduled for next month despite the currently deepening political crisis in Bangkok, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah said.

Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have questioned Thailand's ability to host the ASEAN Summit, and have formally asked the 10-member regional grouping whether the meeting should be postponed, Reuters reported.

The Dec. 14-17 summit had been scheduled to take place in Bangkok, but was later switched to Chiang Mai because of trouble in the capital.

"They are convinced that holding the summit in Chiang Mai is logistically feasible, so there's been no discussion (about postponing it) from our side," said Faizasyah.

He added that Jakarta believed the real situation in Thailand was not so grim, and that the situation was expected to return to normal in the coming days.

"The airport siege was only aimed at keeping the prime minister from landing after his foreign trip," he said.

Laos Foreign Ministry spokesperson Koy Kuong was quoted by Reuters as saying that the prime ministers of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam had sent an official letter to the ASEAN Secretariat to "talk with Thailand about whether they should suspend the summit".

The summit, is set to applaud the full ratification of the ASEAN Charter by its members, with leaders from Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea also planning to attend.

ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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