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Article: Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- August 11, 2008
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August 6, 2008
Prime Minister Samak. We are pleased to welcome President Bush visit to Thailand on the auspicious occasion of the celebration of 155th-75th 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 strengthen of the close military and the security cooperation, which benefit both country and the region. A case of-in point is our military close partnership during the tsunami and post-Cyclone Nargis to facilitate access ...