US congressman's proposed legislation has no impact on Thai-US relations
Thai-US relations will not be affected as a US Republican congressman threatened that Thailand would lose its designation as a major non-Nato ally of the US unless the military junta return power to people.
Thai Foreign Ministry said that most of the US congressmen understood the situation in Thailand after the military junta seized power in September last year. US Republican Rep. Mark Kirk proposed a bill in the House of Representatives that would eliminate benefits of the special designation until the junta that took power last September stands down and allows democracy to return to the Southeast Asian nation. He said a military dictatorship that disposes an elected government should not be considered a major nonNato ally. "It is only the opinions from a US congressman. We considered it not a pressure from the US. The bilateral relations are still excellent," Ministry's spokesman Tharit Jarungwat said Friday.
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