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U.S. to back Thai Muslim as U.N. chief: paper
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 28, 2006 01:15pm |
| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Sep 28, 2006 04:40am |
| Description | Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
Citing "informed sources," Thailand's Nation newspaper said Surin was about to receive backing from the United States, who felt he was a "strong candidate."
"He is an Asian, a moderate Muslim and a former foreign minister who is well-known and respected in the international community," the paper quoted an unidentified source as saying.
Surin, Thailand's top diplomat for four years in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, did not deny the report. |
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