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Article: Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Samak of Thailand.
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- August 6, 2008
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Government House
7:51 P.M. (Local)
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 ...