- Title: Blinken, Thai foreign minister Don Pramudwinai hail mutual ties
- Date: 27th September 2021
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 27, 2021) (STATE TV) SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AND THAI FOREIGN MINISTER DON PRAMUDWINAI WALKING UP TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYING: "Well, good morning, everyone. It's a real pleasure to have the foreign minister of Thailand here today. Don, and I've known each other for many years. We worked together when I was last in government. It's been a real particular pleasure to be able to work so closely together again. I think you were one of the first people I talked to when I was first in this job. We just spent time together with our ASEAN colleagues in New York. But it's particularly important for us to be able to spend time together here in Washington. I'm grateful that you were able to make the trip. We have a strong alliance with Thailand that is grounded, of course, in a shared history, but also critically a shared future. And we're united by many common interests and values. I think the work that we're doing together bilaterally, but also regionally as well as through ASEAN could not be more important. We've been collaborating closely on everything from COVID to climate to regional security and stability. We will have the APEC leadership of Thailand next year. We look very much forward to working closely with Thailand on that. And so there's a lot to cover. And thank you for being here today." (SOUNDBITE) (English) THAI FOREIGN MINISTER DON PRAMUDWINAI SAYING: "Good morning to all members of the press. Very delighted to come here to meet Secretary Antony Blinken once again after the very first call he did make after confirmation. It was Thailand who had such an honor and now I am very, very glad to come to the State Department here, where I used to work as a counterpart when I was at the embassy. So today, not only that, we've had a bilateral meeting reinforcing our relations of over 200 years. In fact, we are the first Asian allies of the U.S. 200 years ago. So this is the time to even strengthen even more, this meeting, these lectures. We're really looking forward to working very closely with the United States of America, just like we have done all the years the past. Thank you very much for being with us and giving us all the support by being in attendance at this small press conference. Thank you very much." BOTH MEN LEAVING
- Embargoed: 11th October 2021 17:17
- Keywords: Blinken Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai Thailand state
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWHY1C7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai met in Washington, D.C. on Monday (September 27). The two leaders called for reinforcing bilateral ties as both nations work together on global challenges including COVID and climate change. The United States has sent millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Southeast Asian country in the last few months.
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