PM Yingluck reassures Switzerland on Thailand's reconciliation attempt

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PM Yingluck reassures Switzerland on Thailand's reconciliation attempt
By English News



BERNE, Sept 11 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed appreciation to the Swiss government for supporting Thailand’s reconciliation process and for buying rice from the kingdom.

In talk with Swiss president Ueli Maurer during her European tour, she said Thailand was determined to strengthen democracy and unity in the country.

She thanked the Swiss government for its constructive role in Thailand’s reconciliation process by assigning a technical expert to work with the Truth for Reconciliation Committee.

Ms Yingluck invited Swiss investors to join in the development of mega projects in Thailand as well as the Thai-invested Dawei deep sea port project on the Andaman Sea in Myanmar, and said Thailand was ready to reactivate trade activities with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

EFTA comprises Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.

Ms Yingluck showed appreciation to Switzerland for importing more than 10,820 tonnes of rice from Thailand last year and expressed hope that Thailand would continue to export rice to the country.

The leaders of the two countries also discussed cooperation on tourism, security management, promotion of small- and medium-sized enterprises and management of electronics garbage.

Ms Yingluck is currently leading a Thai delegation to visit Montenegro, Switzerland, Italy and the Vatican. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-09-11

[gl555]

So this trip is all about Brother, Rolex, Gucci and God.

[jbrain]

Ms Yingluck invited Swiss investors to join in the development of mega projects in Thailand

Come to invest in Thailand, you will be allowed to have 49% of shares in the company you funded 100%.

[Soutpeel]

The Swiss dude on the right doesn't seem that impressed, arms crossed angry look on his face

[lee b]

The Swiss guy looks a little bit unhappy !!

[Katipo]

I am sure they are pleased she took the time out of her busy shopping and sightseeing schedule to let them know this. No doubt the Swiss government was very relieved that they can remove this important topic from their agenda and get back to their domestic policies.

[Pib]

He didn't want to be there.....he had something important to do.

[mrtoad]

looks like she is trying to flog them more rice

[laurentbkk]

what are the MEGA PROJECT in project ?

[Soutpeel]

looks like she is trying to flog them more rice

Maybe YK is on a fact finding mission as regards the the recent introduction of the Swiss "safe rooms"

For ladies on the game there ?

[NongKhaiKid]

She may gave thanked the unhappy, defensive looking Swiss gentleman for the help over reconciliation but I'm sure she didn't explain the finer points of PTP's idea of what it is.

Does he know all it takes is for everyone to do as their told and agree with all the government says, to stop having rallies and protests as they threaten national security and free speech is only that which is officially approved and criticism will end up in a court ?

YL gives these reasonable sounding speeches overseas and no doubt believes her hosts accept every word without considering that the real Thai situation has been well reported on by both the media and each country's embassy in Bkk.

[Thai at Heart]

She does understand that whilst the invoices for 10000 went to Switzerland that they didn't physically import 10000 my to Switzerland. Duh..... he just realized that this woman has no idea what she is doing. Next week Lichtenstein and the cayman islands will be approached as the second and third largest buyers on Thai rice.

They probably could feed the whole swiss population for 20 years with 10k tonnes.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Thai at Heart

[Misterwhisper]

The Swiss dude on the right doesn't seem that impressed, arms crossed angry look on his face

He's probably thinking, "What the heck has she just been babbling about?" or "Give them the small finger and buy a few thousand tons of their rotten rice for cattle feed, and they immediately take the whole hand and try flogging more on you." or "Will this photo op meeting never end? I've really got more urgent things to do."

Edited September 11, 2013 by Misterwhisper

[Soutpeel]

He didn't want to be there.....he had something important to do.

Maybe he is p&ssed off....he got told a Shinawatra was coming to Switzerland and he thought her brother was coming to stash a few billion in stolen money in the banks there, instead all he got was his bimbo sister bleating on about rice and reconciliation

[khunano]

The Swiss dude on the right doesn't seem that impressed, arms crossed angry look on his face

he does that always when he his not in the mood...he is actually quite famous for this particular expression and has even been mocked on Swiss National TV for doing that...

[Thai at Heart]

He didn't want to be there.....he had something important to do.

Maybe he is p&ssed off....he got told a Shinawatra was coming to Switzerland and he thought her brother was coming to stash a few billion in stolen money in the banks there, instead all he got was his bimbo sister bleating on about rice and reconciliation

He's a little confused because yingluck seems to think that swiss people eat Thai rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This really is a perfect example of her not having the slightest clue of how agribusiness works. Starbucks buys all its coffee from itself in Switzerland to keep profits there. You think they have warehouses of millions of tonnes of rice and coffee and other commodities in Switzerland?

She really has shown herself to be illiterate in multinational business. Great effort.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Thai at Heart

[fstarbkk]

I wonder whether she was able to close that government-to-government rice deal, for 500Kg of spoilt rice with president Maurer, to justify the trip.

[Songhua]

PM: 'I am on a tour to assure the world that our reconciliation is going well'

Pres: 'Good .... what is it?'

[nicton]

10820 tons of rice is ~1 to 1.5 kg/person/year. Not much because Swiss people eat as well italian and american rice.

[DeeMaiDee]

PM Yingluck reassures Switzerland on Thailand's reconciliation attempt and the continued flow of corruption monies milked off the stupid Thai nation by her family and cronies.

[ratcatcher]

.............................

You're joking, right?............................Please buy our rice.,................If you buy 1000 tons of chocolate.

.....................

Actually, see this?..........................................I came this close to walking out.

[ggold]

The Swiss guy looks a little bit unhappy !!

lets face it she doesn't look overly excited either! lol Obviously her words do not impress him.

Edited September 11, 2013 by ggold

[spirit47]

The leaders of the two countries also discussed cooperation on tourism, security management, promotion of small- and medium-sized enterprises and management of electronics garbage.

I hope that some Thais understand, what happens here. Thousends of tons electronics garbage come into the land, Thailand as swiss bin.

Now I understand that the swiss is the biggest trading-partner in Europe, Rolex and trash...

[bigbamboo]

Switzerland was never bothered when most of the world was fighting against the Axis tyranny.

Why should they care about Thailand's?

[JoeThePoster]

The Swiss dude on the right doesn't seem that impressed, arms crossed angry look on his face

he does that always when he his not in the mood...he is actually quite famous for this particular expression and has even been mocked on Swiss National TV for doing that...

Or, he's just upset he didn't get the Obama Treatment.

[marell]

He didn't want to be there.....he had something important to do.

Maybe he has a real job.

Edited September 11, 2013 by marell

[Nickymaster]

PM Yingluck reassures Switzerland on Thailand's reconciliation attempt

Since it is an attempt she could fail. And if she fails, does it mean that her brother will not be whitewashed and finally will go to jail?

Edited September 11, 2013 by Nickymaster

[bkk_mike]

...said Thailand was ready to reactivate trade activities with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

EFTA comprises Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.

For a start, it would probably help in reactivating trade activities if they had bothered to spell the names of the countries correctly. (Lichtenstein is a town in Germany, Liechtenstein, on the other hand is the country that is a member of the EFTA).

I'm also wondering why they they have to reactivate trade with these countries. Surely Norway and Switzerland are amongst the richest countries (per head) in the world. Did Thailand have some sort of trade embargo with them?

[Nickymaster]

The Swiss dude on the right doesn't seem that impressed, arms crossed angry look on his face

He is probably wondering: who the hell in my party thought that it was a good idea to listen to her personal problems?

Edited September 11, 2013 by Nickymaster

[jaiyen]

And she has invited Switzerland to invest in Thailand with such projects as a deep water port. Wow ! Switzerland is a an expert on building these. How many does she think they have ????

Time for her to look at an atlas.