Both Foreign Ministers are gays

[Howitzer]

Thailand's foreign minister admits he has a man crush on Chinese counterpart Wang Yi

China Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) speaking during a joint press conference with Thailand Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn at the 48th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Aug 5, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

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Aug 6, 2015, 3:27 pm SGT

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - As relations with western nations cool, Thailand's generals have visibly cosied up to China since seizing power in a coup last year.

But one Thai general appears to be especially enamoured.

At a joint press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn made a surprise declaration while standing on a podium with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

"If I were a woman I will fall in love with his excellency," he told reporters in English, much to the surprise of China's top foreign envoy, who appeared somewhat unsure how to respond.

The foreign ministers are currently attending a regional security meeting in Malaysia hosted by the 10-nation Asean.

General Tanasak, a close confidant of coup leader and now Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha, made his remarks in response to a reporter's question on Thailand's diplomatic relations with China.

"At this moment we believe this is the best time for our relationship. Especially for my personal contact with minister Wang Yi who is a very nice and polite person," he said.

It was then that he made his surprise declaration of love.

While Thailand boasts extensive cultural, ethnic and demographic links to China, its relationship has not always been so easy.

Throughout much of the Cold War the kingdom was one of Washington's strongest bulwarks against communism and it has traditionally remained a close regional ally of the United States.

But the latest coup, one of more than a dozen successful power grabs by the military since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932, has soured relations with the US.

In contrast, Beijing has been quick to embrace Bangkok's new military rulers, with a flurry of high-level meetings since the May 2014 coup.

Gen Tanasak said Thailand's relationship with China goes back more than 1,000 years.

"Let's say we are so close, we are more than friends, just say we are cousins with a long history together," he said.

"We don't talk diplomatic talk, we talks like personal, like family, like friend," he added.

Or even lovers.

 

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Washington’s THAAD missile system making Beijing nervous, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells John Kerry in Munich

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 February, 2016, 10:38am
UPDATED : Saturday, 13 February, 2016, 10:43am

Reuters in Beijing

A US soldier stands atop a military humvee at a training ground in Paju, South Korea on February 8. Hours after North Korea's long-range rocket launch one day earlier, South Korean and US military officials announced they would begin formal discussions on placing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence System (THAAD) on North Korea's doorstep. Photo: AFP

The United States needs to proceed with caution on possible deployment of an advanced US missile defence system following North Korea’s recent rocket launch and not use this as an excuse to affect China’s security, the Chinese foreign minister said.

Speaking to US Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed Beijing’s opposition to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system, China’s Foreign Ministry said late on Friday.

Wang “demanded the US side must act cautiously, not use the opportunity to harm China’s security interests and not add a new complicating factor to regional peace and stability”, the ministry said.

South Korea and the United States are expected to begin talks next week on possible deployment of the system.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed Beijing’s opposition to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to US Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

North Korea launched a long-range rocket on February 6 carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear test.

It said the launch was for peaceful purposes, but Seoul and Washington have said it violated UN Security Council resolutions because it used ballistic missile technology.

Wang also repeated China’s stance that sanctions “are not the aim” and that everyone should think of ways to restart talks on the North Korean nuclear issue.

“This completely accords with the interests of all sides, including China and the United States,” Wang added, according to the statement.

In Seoul, the US military stationed in South Korea said it had deployed an additional Patriot missile defence unit to the country in response to recent North Korean provocations.

An air defence artillery unit from Texas is conducting ballistic missile defence training with existing troops deployed in the South, the US Forces Korea also said in a statement.

The Patriot system is a high-velocity interceptor that defends against incoming ballistic and cruise missiles as well as aircrafts.

 

[Vulture]

He looks gay alright

 

[harimau]

Why must the public know this disgusting thing? Those gay actvisits is really too much.