US Deputy Secretary of State pledges Covid-19 aid

[Thaiger]

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha met with United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman yesterday to discuss the Covid-19 vaccine situation. The US representative acknowledged Thailand’s struggle to procure and distribute vaccines to everyone in the country, observing that many countries are grappling with similar issues. She declared that the US has been pursuing a policy of procuring excess supplies of Covid-19 vaccines in order to aid other countries to get their citizens vaccinated and begin the road to recovery. The US, once the centre of the Covid-19 pandemic has been vaccinating its population at breakneck speed. 50% of the […]

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[King Cotton]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

The US representative acknowledged Thailand’s struggle to procure and distribute vaccines to everyone in the country

I wonder if US DSS Sherman thought it relevant to refer to yesterday's closure of the government's budget proposals to Parliament. Would some of this regime's proposed spending plans, e.g. 400 million baht for 3 new tanks for the navy, align with the country's struggle to buy vaccines?

Whilst aware that the budget is for the next fiscal year, the cash still has to come from the same pot and I know, for sure, that if I was struggling for money, this year, I would not be planning to spend it like an idiot, next year.

Just a thought.