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- From: Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
- Subject: TH: Chatichai VN trip blasted
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 00:07:00+0700
- From: Kamol Hengkietisak <kamol@ipied.tu.ac.th>
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- FOREIGN Minister Prasong Soonsiri yesterday hit out at former prime
- minister Chatichai Choonhavan and his son, Kraisak, for their apparent
- attempt to gain political capital for their visit to Vietnam.
-
- "Anybody can go to Vietnam, but in what capacity is another matter.
-
- "If the visit is aimed at helping develop that country, that would be
- good. But we should not cheat them (the Vietnamese) or give them false
- hopes," the minister said.
-
- Sqn Ldr Prasong is scheduled to visit Vietnam on a three-day tour
- beginning tomorrow.
-
- Gen Chatichai has criticised Sqn Ldr Prasong for his handling of
- foreign affairs, particularly the conflict between Thailand and Burma
- over Hill 491.
-
- The Chart Pattana Party leader has also claimed that Sqn Ldr Prasong
- was not capable of handling the country's foreign affairs because he
- was not known internationally.
-
- "How can anybody know me. I have not had my assets seized," the
- minister said.
-
- Sqn Ldr Prasong said he believed that the news of his plan to visit
- Vietnam could have been leaked and this resulted in somebody else
- travelling to that country before him.
-
- "This is my initiative but somebody else has followed suit," Sqn Ldr
- Prasong said.
-
- The minister added: "Soon the father and son will know me better." He
- did not elaborate.
-
- Sqn Ldr Prasong said he was invited by Vietnamese Foreign Minister
- Nguyen Manh Cam.
-
- The minister said the purpose of his visit to the Indochinese nation
- was to introduce himself, to exchange views to further expand
- bilateral relations and to pursue other pending issues such as the
- fishing problems and the overlapping territorial waters.
-
- Vietnamese refugees who have been stranded in Thailand for a long time
- will also be discussed, Mr Prasong said.
-
- During his visit, the minister said he also is scheduled to meet with
- the Vietnamese president and the Communist Party secretary-general.
-