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20-09-07, 01:11 AM
Bush happy Thailand holding poll
Published on September 20, 2007
US President George W Bush is happy that Thailand is holding an election and says that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont is a good guy.
"He is a good guy and he has my sympathy," Bush told The Nation on Tuesday during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.
He said the last time he met Surayud he could not say when the election would be held.
"I met him again - this time he said the election is coming. That was good for him," he said, adding: "I am happy with that."
When Surayud met Bush on the sidelines of the Apec meeting in Sydney last week, he briefed Bush on progress on the political front and the scheduled election on December 23.
Bush said he remembered the deposed Thaksin Shinawatra, who met him informally on three occasions during his premiership from 2001 to 2006.
"But he got caught, huh…" he said, referring to the recent court charges over the allegedly fraudulent declaration of the ownership of his company and the Ratchadaphisek land scandal. :D
Bush was welcoming the four recipients of the Democracy Award by the National Endowment for Democracy from Thailand, Russia, Egypt and Venezuela.
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/09/20/headlines/headlines_30049614.php
Published on September 20, 2007
US President George W Bush is happy that Thailand is holding an election and says that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont is a good guy.
"He is a good guy and he has my sympathy," Bush told The Nation on Tuesday during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.
He said the last time he met Surayud he could not say when the election would be held.
"I met him again - this time he said the election is coming. That was good for him," he said, adding: "I am happy with that."
When Surayud met Bush on the sidelines of the Apec meeting in Sydney last week, he briefed Bush on progress on the political front and the scheduled election on December 23.
Bush said he remembered the deposed Thaksin Shinawatra, who met him informally on three occasions during his premiership from 2001 to 2006.
"But he got caught, huh…" he said, referring to the recent court charges over the allegedly fraudulent declaration of the ownership of his company and the Ratchadaphisek land scandal. :D
Bush was welcoming the four recipients of the Democracy Award by the National Endowment for Democracy from Thailand, Russia, Egypt and Venezuela.
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/09/20/headlines/headlines_30049614.php