Anutin Holds Talks With US Ambassador On Covid-19, Politics

[webfact]

US Ambassador Robert Godec and his delegation together with Bhumjaithai leader-cum-Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Photo: INN News 

 

by TNR Staff

 

BHUMJAITHAI Party leader-cum-Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this afternoon (Jan. 9) held talks with US Ambassador Robert Godec on Covid-19 and Thai politics after the upcoming general election, INN News said.

 

The US Ambassador and his delegation met Anutin, who is also Public Health Minister, at the party’s head office at 2 p.m. with the meeting lasting an hour, a post at Bhumjaithai’s website said.

 

Mr. Supachai Jaisamut, the party’s registrar, said this was an introductory meeting with various issues discussed.

 

Source: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/01/09/anutin-holds-talks-with-us-ambassador-on-covid-19-politics/

 

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[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this afternoon (Jan. 9) held talks with US Ambassador Robert Godec on Covid-19

Robert : "So how's the covid vaccine program going ?"

Anutin : "We should have a working Thai vaccine in about 10 more years !"

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

BHUMJAITHAI Party leader-cum-Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this afternoon (Jan. 9) held talks with US Ambassador Robert Godec on Covid-19 and Thai politics after the upcoming general election, INN News said.

Lunch lasted longer than the meeting.

[internationalism]

At 3 pm Monday Anutin has cancelled vax requirements for entering thailand.

It sounds as it was done immediately after that very meeting.

The USA, as well as some european countries and India, have recently requested vax certificates from Chinese entering their countries. So Anutin move can be interpreted as pro-china and against policies of those countries.

 

[Elkski]

China has direct hotline but the US has to send this guy and he gets an hour

[Sydebolle]

Well, the US foreign policy was always an "interesting" subject. 

In order to keep the balance, the poor envoy will have to visit ALL other party head offices, spend an hour and do official small talk. Given the Thai clutter of parties it will keep the primus-inter-pares of the local US desk busy into Songkran, me thinks ....... keep up the good work Anutin; pretty much a pictoral endorsement of Bhumchai party programmes by the sitting US Ambassador - well done!