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[00:00:02] MUSIC
[00:00:12] Live from Singapore. This is BBC
[00:00:17] BBC News. Iran says it is in the the final stages of negotiations
[00:00:21] negotiations with Oman on a deal deal that would allow ships to pass
[00:00:23] pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. Russia launches a devastating
[00:00:27] devastating attack on Kyiv, with with President Zelensky warning that
[00:00:29] that a lack of air defence missiles missiles is costing Ukrainian lives.
[00:00:33] lives. Left wing candidate Abdul Abdul El-Sayed wins the US Democratic
[00:00:37] Democratic primary for a key Senate Senate seat in Michigan, a result result that could have implications
[00:00:41] implications for the party's future future direction. Plus, Gianni Infantino
[00:00:45] Infantino will remain president of of Fifa after receiving the backing
[00:00:48] backing of senior executives but
[00:00:50] but sincerely apologises for errors errors made in his controversial
[00:00:53] controversial private investment
[00:00:54] investment plans.
[00:01:05] Hello and welcome to Newsday. There's renewed momentum to reopen
[00:01:09] reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran Tehran says it's close to finalising
[00:01:12] finalising a deal with Oman on a a new shipping route, saying it would
[00:01:15] would only go ahead if certain third third parties don't obstruct the
[00:01:18] the process. While the details have have not been made public, the Iranian
[00:01:22] Iranian foreign Ministry claimed claimed the deal will allow Iran Iran to retain control of the critical
[00:01:25] critical waterway. The US has yet yet to comment on the announcement,
[00:01:29] announcement, but previously said said Iranian control would be unacceptable.
[00:01:32] unacceptable. President Trump told told Fox News on Tuesday that Iran
[00:01:34] Iran had reached out to him requesting requesting talks and warned that
[00:01:38] that Tehran would face severe consequences consequences if negotiations failed.
[00:01:41] failed. He called me and said very
[00:01:44] very politely, please, can we talk? talk? Can we talk? They didn't want.
[00:01:48] want. And I said, yes, we can talk. talk. Let's get it done. Finally,
[00:01:52] Finally, let's get it done. This This should have been done by other
[00:01:55] other presidents for 50 years. You You know, you keep hearing 47, but but that's been for three years now.
[00:01:59] now. It's been over 50 years. Other Other presidents or other countries
[00:02:02] countries should have been able to to do this. And I did something that
[00:02:05] that I had to do because if they they had a nuclear weapon, this whole
[00:02:09] whole world would be a different different place. If they. Back out out again, are they done? Well, if
[00:02:13] if they back out again, they're going going to get hit really hard. You
[00:02:16] You know, they know that they understand understand that. Well, for more on
[00:02:18] on this, I'm joined by Jean Lucy Lucy Manning, senior research fellow fellow at the News Middle East Institute.
[00:02:22] Institute. Jean-Luc, good to have have you here in studio. We'll get get to President Trump and the US
[00:02:26] US in just a bit. But what's your your read on, on where we are with
[00:02:29] with this deal between Iran and Oman?
[00:02:32] Oman? Well, it's very small progress progress that we see. I mean, it's
[00:02:36] it's very similar to what we had
[00:02:39] had in June before the latest round
[00:02:42] round of escalation. There's a lot lot of unknown regarding the content
[00:02:46] content of the deal. As we heard
[00:02:48] heard the Iranians say that it will
[00:02:50] will ensure that they still control control the Strait. At the same time,
[00:02:54] time, the US has been very clear
[00:02:57] clear that it doesn't want Iran to
[00:02:59] to allow to control this. And that's that's not something that the Gulf
[00:03:03] Gulf states would also accept. So
[00:03:05] So very unclear. And again, not a
[00:03:08] a lot of details on the content. content. And how much, say does the
[00:03:11] the US have in these discussions? discussions? I mean they're not at
[00:03:14] at the table. So what we heard is
[00:03:16] is that the US has been told about
[00:03:19] about the details of the negotiations.
[00:03:22] negotiations. But officially the the US has been very careful not
[00:03:25] not to endorse this agreement so
[00:03:27] so far. And again, we hear very contradicting
[00:03:33] contradicting messages from Washington Washington that on the one hand the
[00:03:36] the US is open to negotiations. But
[00:03:38] But on the other hand, as mentioned
[00:03:40] mentioned during the latest speech
[00:03:42] speech from Donald Trump, the US
[00:03:45] US is still very, ready to go to
[00:03:48] to a military escalation again. So,
[00:03:52] So, again, we don't see any settlement
[00:03:54] settlement range when we look at
[00:03:56] at the details of both positions
[00:03:59] positions in the US or in Iran so so far. Yeah. So as we heard from
[00:04:02] from President Trump and as you were were alluding to, it comes with sort
[00:04:06] sort of the threat of force if they they don't get what they want. So
[00:04:09] So does it matter what Oman and Iran Iran agree together? There are still
[00:04:12] still other parties involved, the the US for one, but the other regional
[00:04:15] regional players also will have a a vested interest in the Strait of
[00:04:18] of Hormuz as well. Shipping companies companies as well. Well, I think
[00:04:21] think there are two, two points here.
[00:04:24] here. The third thing is that there
[00:04:26] there might be, let's say a short-term
[00:04:30] short-term arrangement, a settlement
[00:04:32] settlement where both sides accept
[00:04:34] accept temporarily at least until
[00:04:36] until the primary elections in the
[00:04:39] the US, to accept a modest deal which
[00:04:42] which would be more or less the memorandum memorandum of understanding that
[00:04:45] that we saw back in June. But on
[00:04:48] on the longer term, what we see is
[00:04:50] is two countries, the US and Iran,
[00:04:54] Iran, that, disagree on the most
[00:04:56] most significant issues with regards
[00:04:58] regards to the opening of the Strait Strait and who controls what, and
[00:05:02] and not even to talk about the nuclear
[00:05:05] nuclear issue, which has become almost almost a secondary topic because
[00:05:09] because it's almost impossible right right now to agree on the issue of
[00:05:12] of reopening the strait, that we we almost forget that the reason
[00:05:16] reason the US went to war was because
[00:05:18] because of the nuclear issue, and
[00:05:21] and that has been postponed indefinitely indefinitely right now. Yeah, it
[00:05:23] it does seem like there's a lot more more areas where they don't agree
[00:05:26] agree on than they do. So what are are you looking out for going forward forward then? These talks with Oman
[00:05:30] Oman and Iran, are we expecting them them to conclude soon? Well, it seems
[00:05:34] seems that from the announcements announcements that it's a matter
[00:05:37] matter of days. Again, I will be
[00:05:41] be closely looking if I want to understand
[00:05:44] understand and verify if that's a
[00:05:47] a breakthrough in the coming 24 hours.
[00:05:50] hours. About the details of who controls
[00:05:52] controls what. If this is an arrangement,
[00:05:57] arrangement, where Iran has a say
[00:05:59] say on which ship is able to navigate
[00:06:01] navigate through the strait, and and if there is a cost involved,
[00:06:05] involved, because that's also a detail
[00:06:07] detail that is unclear so far. One
[00:06:10] One thing also to look at is the
[00:06:13] the reaction from the Gulf states. states. So the UAE, Saudi Arabia
[00:06:16] Arabia that have been suffering for
[00:06:18] for months now, are they accepting
[00:06:21] accepting that, how do they react react and how do they convey their
[00:06:25] their position to the US, their biggest
[00:06:26] biggest partner? So these are elements
[00:06:30] elements that will eventually shape
[00:06:33] shape how this agreement is or not not a real breakthrough. Yeah. Jean-Luc,
[00:06:36] Jean-Luc, thanks as always for coming coming in and for giving us your your perspective. Jean Lucy Manning,
[00:06:39] Manning, senior research fellow at
[00:06:41] at the NUS Middle East Institute. Institute. Now, President Zelensky
[00:06:44] Zelensky says Ukraine's supplies supplies of air defence missiles missiles from abroad have dropped
[00:06:48] dropped threefold compared with the the same period last year. His statement
[00:06:52] statement comes after Russian strikes strikes killed at least 21 people people overnight, including 17 in
[00:06:56] in Kyiv in one of the deadliest attacks attacks this year. Ukraine correspondent
[00:07:00] correspondent Dan Johnson has more
[00:07:01] more from the capital. Kyiv hadn't
[00:07:06] hadn't seen a night like this for
[00:07:08] for weeks. A deadly wave of ballistic ballistic missiles that came with
[00:07:12] with little warning and no chance
[00:07:15] chance of interception. It wasn't wasn't just Kyiv, but this city felt
[00:07:19] felt the worst impact. Warehouses
[00:07:21] Warehouses seem to have been the the main target, but homes were also
[00:07:24] also hit. We had the third floor, floor, we had the roof. So another.
[00:07:28] another. Floor yeah, it was another another floor. On the edge of the
[00:07:31] the city. Anastasia is trying to
[00:07:33] to work out if there's anything left.
[00:07:36] left. It was so scary. I must say
[00:07:39] say this was my scariest night during
[00:07:41] during the five years. My scariest
[00:07:43] scariest night. At the nearby railway
[00:07:45] railway station. Seven warehouse warehouse workers and a child were
[00:07:49] were killed having been evacuated evacuated from their building when
[00:07:51] when the sirens sounded. There were were 28 ballistic missiles fired
[00:07:54] fired by Russia last night. None
[00:07:56] None of them intercepted by Ukrainian Ukrainian air defences. Is that because
[00:08:00] because they've run out of interceptors? interceptors? Is it because they're
[00:08:02] they're having to ration their supplies supplies so carefully, given the
[00:08:06] the shortage, Ukraine's president president called his military advisers
[00:08:09] advisers together and he was clear clear lives are being lost because
[00:08:13] because his country doesn't have
[00:08:14] have enough missile interceptors.
[00:08:18] interceptors. We recognised that that this is a major challenge. We
[00:08:21] We made it through a difficult winter,
[00:08:23] winter, but the reduction in supplies supplies became more noticeable with
[00:08:26] with each passing month. Today we
[00:08:28] we are facing a clear shortage. Saratov Saratov president welcome. It's so
[00:08:31] so nice to see you. Nice to see you. you. Also in Ukraine's capital, the
[00:08:35] the new British Defence Secretary Secretary bringing moral support
[00:08:38] support but no guarantees. We've We've been looking very closely at
[00:08:42] at Ukraine's requirements. We're We're working through a whole list
[00:08:45] list of those requirements where where the UK has the ability to provide.
[00:08:49] provide. We will and where we don't.
[00:08:50] don't. It's my job to mobilise the the international community to step
[00:08:54] step up. Another warehouse was ablaze
[00:08:57] ablaze south of Moscow last night. night. The next round of Ukraine's
[00:09:01] Ukraine's attacks on Russia's biggest biggest online retailer, the Wildberries
[00:09:05] Wildberries distribution network, network, has been under repeated repeated assault in recent weeks.
[00:09:08] weeks. Its workers have been killed.
[00:09:13] killed. So were seven Russian holidaymakers
[00:09:15] holidaymakers at this beach on Monday.
[00:09:19] Monday. Struck by a long range Ukrainian Ukrainian drone believed to have
[00:09:22] have been shot down the Kremlin claims
[00:09:25] claims its citizens are being deliberately deliberately targeted. The Ukrainians
[00:09:29] Ukrainians insist not. But as this
[00:09:31] this war ramps up, Vladimir Putin Putin shuffled his military leadership,
[00:09:34] leadership, announcing a new head head of drone forces to counter the
[00:09:38] the growing threat. It is, though
[00:09:40] though the people of Ukraine who who have been reminded that their
[00:09:43] their skies remain vulnerable. And And that's going to mean more nervous
[00:09:47] nervous nights ahead. Dan Johnson,
[00:09:49] Johnson, BBC News in Kyiv. Michigan's
[00:09:51] Michigan's left wing Democratic candidate candidate for the US Senate in November's
[00:09:55] November's mid-term elections, has has called for party unity after
[00:09:58] after his watershed victory over over a centrist in the primaries.
[00:10:01] primaries. Abdul El-Sayed said any any differences with his defeated
[00:10:04] defeated fellow Democrat Haley Stevens Stevens paled in comparison to what
[00:10:07] what unified them, and they should should now focus on defeating the
[00:10:10] the Republicans in the swing state. state. Well, for more, we can speak speak with Sidney Blumenthal, a former
[00:10:14] former senior adviser to president president Bill Clinton and long-time
[00:10:17] long-time Democratic political strategist, strategist, a Sidney, really good good to get your perspective on this
[00:10:21] this today, what's the key thing thing we should understand about
[00:10:23] about this win for El-Sayed? One
[00:10:26] One of the things that's been overlooked overlooked is how unique this election
[00:10:29] election is. Michigan is a state
[00:10:32] state with an incredibly large concentration
[00:10:34] concentration of Arab American voters
[00:10:37] voters in Dearborn, Michigan is the
[00:10:39] the only city in the United States
[00:10:41] States with an Arab majority. They
[00:10:45] They were key to the election of
[00:10:47] of Donald Trump in 2024. It's why
[00:10:49] why he flipped the state. It had
[00:10:53] had been a reliably Democratic constituency, constituency, but because of the
[00:10:56] the Gaza issue, Trump won the city
[00:11:00] city by a margin of plus 13 and flipped
[00:11:03] flipped the state by less than 1.5%.
[00:11:08] 1.5%. Now, El-Sayed, who is a very
[00:11:11] very unusual candidate, won the city
[00:11:13] city by a margin of plus 57. And
[00:11:17] And that's why he barely won the the nomination to be the candidate
[00:11:21] candidate for the US Senate from from Michigan. So you're saying with with these conditions, then that
[00:11:25] that this isn't perhaps representative representative of what we might see
[00:11:27] see in other in other sort of swing swing states or in other Democratic
[00:11:31] Democratic primaries. Not at all.
[00:11:33] all. This is, unique situation with
[00:11:37] with a very unusual candidate who
[00:11:39] who also happens to be incredibly
[00:11:44] incredibly talented and intelligent. intelligent. He's a Rhodes scholar.
[00:11:47] scholar. He's a doctor and he's attempting
[00:11:49] attempting to pivot now to the centre. centre. Yeah. And with that in mind,
[00:11:53] mind, then how does this sort of of set up the mid-terms from the
[00:11:56] the Democrats point of view? Well,
[00:11:58] Well, the Democrats have a very large
[00:12:01] large map to work with. Of states
[00:12:04] states to win the Senate. There are
[00:12:06] are many states that are in play.
[00:12:09] play. They need to win four seats.
[00:12:12] seats. And this is one of them. This
[00:12:15] This could be the key seat. If this
[00:12:17] this reverts to being a Democratic
[00:12:20] Democratic state in a year in which
[00:12:23] which Donald Trump is profoundly
[00:12:26] profoundly unpopular, the most unpopular unpopular president of our time.
[00:12:30] time. And the voters are mobilised
[00:12:33] mobilised and incentivised and enthusiastic
[00:12:35] enthusiastic to vote against him. him. Then they could elect El-Sayed
[00:12:39] El-Sayed in Michigan. Well, President President Trump was quick to weigh
[00:12:41] weigh in on this victory in the primary, primary, accusing al side of being
[00:12:44] being part of a wave of communists.
[00:12:47] communists. Yeah, that's not going going to work anywhere. No one pays
[00:12:51] pays any attention to that. People People have no idea what it means
[00:12:53] means at this point to be a communist.
[00:12:57] communist. El-sayed's positions are,
[00:12:59] are, for the most part, very indistinguishable
[00:13:02] indistinguishable from those of most most mainstream Democrats, despite
[00:13:05] despite the fact that he's seen as as less left wing. He's for universal
[00:13:09] universal health care as his farthest farthest out position in. Many Democrats
[00:13:13] Democrats are for that. And this
[00:13:16] this the Democratic Socialists of of America tag of which he is an
[00:13:20] an organisation of which he's not not a member, is going to be very
[00:13:24] very difficult to attach to him. him. And furthermore, the attacks
[00:13:27] attacks on him, particularly personally
[00:13:31] personally by Donald Trump, will
[00:13:33] will have the result of, incentivising
[00:13:38] incentivising the Democrats to turn
[00:13:39] turn out. And, it will incite their
[00:13:44] their enthusiasm. Sidney, we'll leave leave it there. But thanks very much much for your views on this. Sidney
[00:13:47] Sidney Blumenthal, former senior senior adviser to president Bill
[00:13:50] Bill Clinton and long-time Democratic Democratic political strategist.
[00:13:53] strategist. We'll be back with more more on News Day, including the activist
[00:13:57] activist whose hunger strike sparked sparked massive protests in India.
[00:14:00] India. He speaks to the BBC for the the first time since those protests
[00:15:03] Trump's plan to get the oil flowing flowing again, one that will pay
[00:15:06] pay off. Join us on Talking Business
[00:15:08] Business Weekly on BBC News. Live
[00:15:14] Live with BBC News for 26 days, Sonam Sonam Wangchuk went on a hunger strike
[00:15:18] strike in India in support of the the Cockroach Janta Party and thousands
[00:15:21] thousands of students as they demanded demanded change after the leaking
[00:15:24] leaking of crucial exam papers. His His hunger strike ended after he
[00:15:27] he received guarantees from India's India's government that there would
[00:15:30] would be changes to the country's country's exam system and protections
[00:15:33] protections for peaceful student student protesters who had been arrested.
[00:15:36] arrested. He's been speaking with with Rajini Vaidyanathan on the BBC's
[00:15:39] BBC's NewsHour programme. In his his first broadcast interview since
[00:15:42] since the protests ended, Rajini Rajini began by asking how much Prime
[00:15:46] Prime Minister Narendra Modi has has been weakened by the movement.
[00:15:50] movement. Terribly, terribly. I mean,
[00:15:51] mean, people can't even imagine what's
[00:15:54] what's happening now. Every part
[00:15:57] part of the country people are raising
[00:15:59] raising voice, not just generation
[00:16:01] generation Gen Z but Gen Alpha school school boys and girls are raising
[00:16:05] raising their school issues and getting
[00:16:07] getting them resolved. Remote places
[00:16:10] places to different states. People
[00:16:13] People are rising up to, remove these,
[00:16:19] these, injustices in the, employment
[00:16:21] employment systems, examination systems,
[00:16:24] systems, more in the education arena
[00:16:25] arena now, but actually it cuts across
[00:16:29] across various, fields. And you may
[00:16:30] may have heard yesterday in Bihar,
[00:16:34] Bihar, the ruling party lost two
[00:16:36] two of the three seats that had by
[00:16:38] by elections. So the entire atmosphere
[00:16:40] atmosphere in the country has switched. switched. And Prime Minister Modi
[00:16:44] Modi has always presented himself
[00:16:46] himself as India's strong man, hasn't
[00:16:49] hasn't he? He would possibly take
[00:16:51] take issue with the fact that this this has weakened his government.
[00:16:54] government. He still has a lot of of support. Why do you think this
[00:16:58] this particular wave of protests
[00:17:00] protests is different? There was
[00:17:05] was a sense of fear earlier. You
[00:17:07] You know, it was mostly dealing with with grown ups, middle aged people
[00:17:11] people who had too much to lose.
[00:17:14] lose. Businesses were scared of,
[00:17:17] of, raids by enforcement agencies agencies who would do randomly to
[00:17:21] to people who they had any issues issues with, who didn't agree to
[00:17:23] to who raised their voice. So all
[00:17:26] all grown ups were beaten into, fear.
[00:17:31] fear. So there was no voice. Almost.
[00:17:34] Almost. And this movement because
[00:17:37] because it, was by young people who
[00:17:40] who had hardly anything to lose Gen
[00:17:42] Gen Z or people like me who had already
[00:17:45] already faced all that one could
[00:17:47] could face, at the hands of the government
[00:17:49] government jail and raids by government government agencies, everything.
[00:17:53] everything. So we had nothing to to lose. We had no fear. And that's
[00:17:56] that's what spread across the country.
[00:17:57] country. And today people are raising
[00:18:01] raising voice and maybe, they feel
[00:18:03] feel and rightly so that they don't don't have that control. But I always
[00:18:07] always thought the best way to have,
[00:18:10] have, you know, control or power
[00:18:13] power is through love and, in return
[00:18:17] return love from the people by ensuring
[00:18:20] ensuring a just and, free, governance.
[00:18:24] governance. Hopefully they'll mend mend their ways this time it stopped
[00:18:28] stopped at education ministry, but, but, if this continues, I think the
[00:18:32] the younger generation and the people,
[00:18:35] people, may not stop at just education. education. You talk about the young
[00:18:39] young people not stopping education. education. We saw a lot of placards,
[00:18:42] placards, didn't we, at those protests protests calling for the Prime Minister
[00:18:45] Minister to step down as well. Do Do you still think he is the right
[00:18:49] right person to govern India? I would
[00:18:52] would give them the chance to mend
[00:18:55] mend their ways. I always believe
[00:18:58] believe in people realising their their mistakes and amending their
[00:19:01] their ways, so I would give them them that chance. But if it goes
[00:19:04] goes back to the ways that I suffered, suffered, you know, for the last
[00:19:08] last 2 or 3 years and if nothing
[00:19:11] nothing changes, then yes, people people have the right to say that
[00:19:15] that we don't accept this kind of
[00:19:16] of governance. We want a free and,
[00:19:22] and, just democratic governance in in this country. Myanmar's junta
[00:19:26] junta chief turned president, Min Min Aung Hlaing, is set to visit
[00:19:28] visit Thailand in an attempt to visit visit to end the country's international
[00:19:32] international isolation. Five years years after staging a coup that led
[00:19:34] led to a bloody civil war, Myanmar Myanmar has since been blocked from
[00:19:38] from attending meetings of the regional
[00:19:40] regional group Asean. But Thailand's Thailand's Prime Minister urged calibrated
[00:19:44] calibrated re-engagement with Myanmar Myanmar ahead of the meeting. Well,
[00:19:47] Well, for more we can speak with with Teittinen Pongsudhirak, a professor professor and senior fellow at the
[00:19:51] the Institute of Security and International International Studies at Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
[00:19:55] Bangkok. Teittinen good to get your your thoughts today. Thailand's Prime
[00:19:58] Prime Minister has talked about a a calibrated re-engagement with Myanmar.
[00:20:01] Myanmar. Is that what we're
[00:20:05] seeing? That's what they say. And And first, I think the Prime Minister
[00:20:08] Minister is not an expert or a policy
[00:20:12] policy person in terms of foreign foreign policy. So he's kind of outsourced
[00:20:15] outsourced foreign policy to the the foreign minister. Csak Kate McGough McGough and that's, I think, where
[00:20:19] where it's coming from now. You know, know, you can call it whatever you
[00:20:22] you want calibrated re-engagement. re-engagement. What it is is it's
[00:20:26] it's kind of a bringing out Myanmar Myanmar into the Asean fold again
[00:20:29] again for Thailand that comes with with a lot of risk for Min Aung Hlaing.
[00:20:32] Hlaing. This is a kind of a coming
[00:20:33] coming out party. I mean he seized
[00:20:36] seized power in 2020 1st February. February. And after that that led
[00:20:39] led to a civil war. And the Civil Civil War was deadly and violent.
[00:20:42] violent. It killed more than 100,000 100,000 people. And, you know, there
[00:20:46] there was a national revolt. The The majority of Myanmar people, vast
[00:20:49] vast majority, don't support the the military. They're against Min
[00:20:51] Min Aung Hlaing. He came to power
[00:20:54] power after bogus elections in December, December, January. So he doesn't
[00:20:58] doesn't have legitimacy really. And And now Thailand is extending kind
[00:21:01] kind of a basis a platform for him. him. So for him it's all to be gained
[00:21:04] gained for Thailand. There's a lot lot of risks for Asean. Asean has
[00:21:07] has been divided over Myanmar. The The five-point consensus that has
[00:21:11] has barred from attending the Asean Asean summit. Now that is at risk
[00:21:14] risk now. And, you know, moving forward
[00:21:16] forward next year it will be ASEAN's ASEAN's 60th anniversary and Singapore
[00:21:20] Singapore will be the chair. This This is posing a lot of risks for
[00:21:23] for next year. If Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing comes, a lot of people will
[00:21:25] will not come to the meetings. Yeah. Yeah. There's also I mean you mentioned
[00:21:28] mentioned Asean. If we could just just talk a bit more about that and
[00:21:31] and how you think they might respond respond to this. As you know, the
[00:21:33] the international community more
[00:21:36] more widely, you know, NGOs as well, well, human rights groups, they will
[00:21:39] will also have something to say about about this. Well, you know, they
[00:21:42] they will have a lot to say because
[00:21:44] because at the end of it, fundamentally
[00:21:48] fundamentally this is an illegitimate illegitimate government. It has been
[00:21:52] been whitewashed by a sham election election in December, January. And And you know, if Thailand wants to
[00:21:56] to bite the bullet and be practical practical and pragmatic because Thailand
[00:21:58] Thailand has a long border with Myanmar,
[00:22:01] Myanmar, with drug trafficking, scam
[00:22:04] scam networks, river pollution, a a lot of issues. We have Myanmar.
[00:22:07] Myanmar. We also have some 5 million
[00:22:09] million people, like almost 10% of of the Myanmar population working working in Thailand. So Thailand
[00:22:13] Thailand has a lot at stake. I'm
[00:22:14] I'm just not sure inviting Min Aung
[00:22:17] Aung Hlaing and extending the red red carpet treatment like this will
[00:22:20] will achieve Thailand's objectives objectives because he seems to be
[00:22:23] be holding the upper hand here. Thailand Thailand has given him the upper
[00:22:26] upper hand because if you look at at the Aung San Suu Kyi, public display,
[00:22:30] display, for example, it was, cynical cynical and manipulative because,
[00:22:33] because, you know, he should have have shown he could have shown, much
[00:22:36] much earlier. She's not been seen seen for several years, that she's
[00:22:39] she's alive and well, but he waits. waits. He waited until the, you know,
[00:22:43] know, just days before he visited visited Thailand to show that she's
[00:22:46] she's around and she's alive and and well. So, I mean, he's full of
[00:22:49] of tricks and Thailand may be falling falling into one of his tricks. Well,
[00:22:53] Well, there has been also, you know, know, we have seen Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing also be greeted or visit with
[00:22:57] with Xi Jinping and also Narendra Narendra Modi as well. So there is
[00:23:01] is there are larger countries that that play also that seem to be lending
[00:23:04] lending him that legitimacy. Yeah. Yeah. Including Russia as well. I
[00:23:07] I mean, he has support, clear support
[00:23:10] support direct from Russia and China
[00:23:12] China all kinds of ways. Modi, reception
[00:23:15] reception of Min Aung Hlaing, I think think was, unnecessary really. I
[00:23:19] I mean, India, went, too soon, too
[00:23:21] too fast to get him to receive him.
[00:23:23] him. But yes, he has that kind of
[00:23:26] of support, especially from China. China. China has basically intervened
[00:23:29] intervened and pulling back the resistance, resistance, the ethnic armies from
[00:23:33] from engaging and giving Min Aung Aung Hlaing a lifeline. And that
[00:23:36] that lifeline has been built into into a momentum after the sham elections
[00:23:39] elections now. But that doesn't mean, mean, you know, the Asean should
[00:23:42] should really abandon its five-point five-point consensus. Very hard to
[00:23:45] to get a consensus in Asean. This
[00:23:47] This has been since 2021 and it's
[00:23:49] it's very basic. I mean it calls calls for, you know, humanitarian
[00:23:52] humanitarian assistance. Peace, inclusive inclusive peace dialogue, release
[00:23:56] release of political prisoners and
[00:23:57] and an Asean envoy to kind of mediate
[00:24:00] mediate the conflict. But Min Aung Aung Hlaing has signed on to it without
[00:24:04] without actually complying with it, it, without implementing it. So he
[00:24:07] he hasn't been sincere all along. Yeah. Thanks very much for for your thoughts as always. Nan
[00:24:11] Nan Pongsudhirak, a professor and and senior fellow at the Institute
[00:24:14] Institute of Security and International
[00:24:16] International Studies at Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn University. Now let's
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