Wednesday, January 17, 2007
@10:13 AM
Amazing Thai governmentSingapore says it is "saddened" that Thailand had decided to cancel a civil service exchange programme with Singapore and rescind its invitation to Foreign Minister George Yeo to attend the joint meeting in Bangkok at the end of this month, in what is seen as a protest against a meeting between ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar last weekend. The Singapore Foreign Ministry had said Mr Thaksin was in Singapore for a private visit and had requested to meet Professor Jayakumar, who is an old friend. "We expressed dissatisfaction with the incident and the explanation made by Singapore authorities," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Kitti Wasinondh said today. The Singapore Foreign Ministry said, "It was purely a social and private meeting. No official calls or meetings were arranged. Thai nationals do not require visas to visit Singapore. There is no reason for Singapore to turn Dr Thaksin away. Prior to Singapore, Dr Thaksin had also visited several other countries without any protest by the Thai Government."I wonder how far will the Thai government goes in digging its own grave. This is double-standard, reflected clearly in the final line of the extract. How can these Thai idiots determine who can enter Singapore and who can't? Go ahead ~ cancel the exchange programme. You might as well bar Singaporean tourists from stepping into Bangkok. Truly amazing government .......
by Str|fe
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