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>> REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK OF THAILAND

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>> THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary(Bangkok,
>> Thailand)______________________________________________________________For
>> Immediate Release                           August 6, 2008

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>> REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BUSHAND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK OF THAILAND

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>> Government HouseBangkok, Thailand 7:51 P.M. (Local)

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>> PRIME MINISTER SAMAK:  We are pleased to welcome President Bush visit
>> to Thailand on the auspicious occasion of the celebration of 175th
>> anniversary of Thai-U.S. relations.  As Thailand has now assumed the
>> ASEAN chairmanship, we will use the opportunity to strengthen our
>> engagement and cooperation with the U.S. both bilaterally and through
>> ASEAN. President Bush and I had just a very good discussion on several
>> issues of common interest.  We discussed the strengthening of the
>> close military and the security cooperation which benefit both
>> countries and the region.  A case in point is our military close
>> partnership during the tsunami and post-Cyclone Nargis to facilitate
>> access of American relief and assistance to the effected countries. We
>> will continue our discussion on the other regional issues over the
>> dinner this evening.  President Bush expressed his appreciation for
>> Thailand's humanitarian role in sheltering displaced persons from
>> neighboring countries for over 30 years.  I also thanked the President
>> for the United States' understanding on the Preah Vihear issue. We
>> agreed to enhance the Thai-U.S. relation by focusing on education,
>> public health, sciences, security and law enforcement cooperation.
>> Our two countries share a long and special connection.  President Bush
>> -- former President Bush Senior and Mrs. Barbara Bush came to Thailand
>> to pay tribute to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the 60th
>> anniversary of accession to the throne in December 2006. Looking
>> towards the future we agreed that our alliance and friendship will
>> remain firm and close as in the past 174 years, we need to continue
>> working closely together to further strengthen our relationship and
>> goodwill for the benefit of our two countries and the region.
>> PRESIDENT BUSH:  Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.  Sawtdee Khrab.
>> (Laughter.) Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for welcoming Laura and me,
>> and our daughter, Barbara, to your beautiful country.  I want to thank
>> you very much for welcoming us on behalf of His Majesty the King and
>> Her Majesty the Queen.  We appreciate the opportunity to come back,
>> and we honor the friendship that has been in existence for 175 years.
>> I want to thank you very much for being such a strong ally in the war
>> against terror.  Our nations are strengthening our security and
>> defense cooperation.  Thailand continues to host Cobra Gold, which is
>> one of the largest annual multilateral training exercises in Southeast
>> Asia. Thailand's troops have helped the people of Iraq and Afghanistan
>> as they battle extremists and strengthen their democracy, and I want
>> to thank you for those contributions, Mr. Prime Minister.  America and
>> Thailand are coordinating our law enforcement, counterterrorism and
>> counter-proliferation activities so we can do a better job of
>> protecting our citizens from danger. The United States and Thailand
>> are working to expand freedom with good governance.  I want to thank
>> you very much and congratulate the people of Thailand for restoring
>> its democracy.  Through the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership, our
>> nations are working together to strengthen democratic values and
>> institutions throughout the region.  As the Chair of ASEAN, we support
>> your efforts to reduce trade barriers, and to expand economic
>> opportunity, and help Southeast Asia grow in hope. The United States
>> and Thailand work together to fight disease.  I don't think our
>> citizens understand this, Mr. Prime Minister, but we've dedicated $35
>> million to help prevent and treat HIV/AIDS here in Thailand, and we're
>> happy to do so.  Looking forward to going tomorrow to the clinic where
>> we get to see the efforts of the initiative, it's called the Mercy
>> Center -- and I appreciate you arranging that for me to go see, Mr.
>> Prime Minister. We're also working on avian flu.  I think it's very
>> important for our nations to prepare for the worst.  Obviously, we're
>> hoping for the best.  And so we've got a good, strong initiative on
>> avian flu. We're working together to help the people of Burma.  We
>> responded very quickly when Burma was struck by the terrible cyclone,
>> and I want to thank you very much for your leadership on that issue.
>> After all, yours was the place where much of the world aid came to be
>> distributed to the poor people there that were deeply affected by the
>> storm. We want to see prosperity and freedom restored to Burma.
>> Tomorrow, Laura is going to the Thai-Burmese border to visit a
>> resettlement camp where Burmese refugees are receiving health care and
>> humanitarian aid.  She's looking forward to the trip, and I'm looking
>> forward to hearing her report from the trip. So Mr. Prime Minister, I
>> want to thank you very much for your hospitality.  I want to thank you
>> for feeding my delegation.  (Laughter.)  We're looking forward to
>> eating some good Thai food -- which is very famous throughout the
>> world.  Please give my very best regards to His Majesty and Her
>> Majesty. PRIME MINISTER SAMAK:  I will. PRESIDENT BUSH:  And thank you
>> very much for being so gracious. PRIME MINISTER SAMAK:  All right.
>> Thank you.    END                 7:57 P.M. (Local)---

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> Mr. Faj
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> How come president Bush remark will help the Hmong refugee?  I do not
> see any word that he memtion about Hmong at all.  It will help the
> Burmese very much but not Hmong at all.  If we can not be our own and
> always depend on America to do the job and we hold on the power than
> don't ever dream about it.  Just forget it.
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