Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BANGKOK770
2009-03-27 10:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bangkok
Cable title:
THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 000770
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS - LAURA SCHEIBE
NSC FOR ELIZABETH PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV BM TH
SUBJECT: THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE
CONCERNS, MFA DELTA VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 27325
Classified By: Political Counselor George P. Kent, reasons: 1.4 (b) and
(d).
TCG Mandate Concerns
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 000770
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS - LAURA SCHEIBE
NSC FOR ELIZABETH PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV BM TH
SUBJECT: THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE
CONCERNS, MFA DELTA VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 27325
Classified By: Political Counselor George P. Kent, reasons: 1.4 (b) and
(d).
TCG Mandate Concerns
--------------
1. (C) We engaged both the MFA ASEAN Department and Burma
desk on reftel's concerns about the Burmese junta possibly
curtailing the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) mandate in Burma
separately March 24 and 27. The Thai MFA interlocutors said
they were unaware of any possible weaking of the TCG but
promised to work through their Embassy in Rangoon to seek
clarifications, since they agreed on the value the TCG played
as a positive mechanism for cooperation and window for the
Burmese junta to engage the international community.
2. (C) ASEAN Affairs Deputy Director General Manasvi
Srisodapol added that the MFA's strategic thinking on Burma
was formed by PermSec Virasak Futrakul. He noted that the
ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, under the leadership of ASEAN
SecGen Surin, also played a useful role. Burma desk officer
Jirusaya Birananda, who accompanied FM Kasit as notetaker on
his March 22-23 visit to Burma, told us separately that the
RTG continued to advocate expanding the mandate of the TCG
beyond its agreed-upon areas.
Thai Visit, Assistance to the Delta
--------------
3. (C) In reviewing the progress of post-Nargis assistance in
the Irrawaddy Delta region, Jirusaya noted that Foreign
Minister Kasit Piromya's wife and daughter, along with MFA
and Thai Embassy staffers, visited the Delta area during the
Kasit's March 22-23 to vsit a Buddhist temple and pagoda that
had been reconstructed with two million Baht (approximately
$57,000) in Thai contributions. Thai Red Cross and Royal
Thai Army assistance projects were also progressing well,
without problems.
4. (C) Burmese PM Thein Sein had told FM Kasit in their March
23 meeting that the GOB was building 12 shelters and
appreciated Thai assistance in the construction of one of
those shelters, Jirusaya said. Thein Sein also told Kasit
tha the GOB planned to build five roads into the Delta region
helping to alleviate the need for AIR deliveries of
humanitarian support and asked for Thai help in constructing
one of the roads. Jirusaya commented that, given current
economic problems and budgetary constraints, such a project
was likely beyond the Thai capacity at this point.
JOHN
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS - LAURA SCHEIBE
NSC FOR ELIZABETH PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV BM TH
SUBJECT: THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE
CONCERNS, MFA DELTA VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 27325
Classified By: Political Counselor George P. Kent, reasons: 1.4 (b) and
(d).
TCG Mandate Concerns
--------------
1. (C) We engaged both the MFA ASEAN Department and Burma
desk on reftel's concerns about the Burmese junta possibly
curtailing the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) mandate in Burma
separately March 24 and 27. The Thai MFA interlocutors said
they were unaware of any possible weaking of the TCG but
promised to work through their Embassy in Rangoon to seek
clarifications, since they agreed on the value the TCG played
as a positive mechanism for cooperation and window for the
Burmese junta to engage the international community.
2. (C) ASEAN Affairs Deputy Director General Manasvi
Srisodapol added that the MFA's strategic thinking on Burma
was formed by PermSec Virasak Futrakul. He noted that the
ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, under the leadership of ASEAN
SecGen Surin, also played a useful role. Burma desk officer
Jirusaya Birananda, who accompanied FM Kasit as notetaker on
his March 22-23 visit to Burma, told us separately that the
RTG continued to advocate expanding the mandate of the TCG
beyond its agreed-upon areas.
Thai Visit, Assistance to the Delta
--------------
3. (C) In reviewing the progress of post-Nargis assistance in
the Irrawaddy Delta region, Jirusaya noted that Foreign
Minister Kasit Piromya's wife and daughter, along with MFA
and Thai Embassy staffers, visited the Delta area during the
Kasit's March 22-23 to vsit a Buddhist temple and pagoda that
had been reconstructed with two million Baht (approximately
$57,000) in Thai contributions. Thai Red Cross and Royal
Thai Army assistance projects were also progressing well,
without problems.
4. (C) Burmese PM Thein Sein had told FM Kasit in their March
23 meeting that the GOB was building 12 shelters and
appreciated Thai assistance in the construction of one of
those shelters, Jirusaya said. Thein Sein also told Kasit
tha the GOB planned to build five roads into the Delta region
helping to alleviate the need for AIR deliveries of
humanitarian support and asked for Thai help in constructing
one of the roads. Jirusaya commented that, given current
economic problems and budgetary constraints, such a project
was likely beyond the Thai capacity at this point.
JOHN