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BANGKOK, July 10, 2022 (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday hailed Thailand's role in the renewed US push in South-East Asia, a key area of competition with China, on a trip where he also sought new ideas on how to restore democracy in Myanmar. Signing an agreement pledging to keep expanding ties, Blinken pointed to Thailand's embrace of a new US-led economic plan for Asia as well as its efforts on climate change. In Thailand, "we have an ally and partner in the Indo-Pacific of such importance to us in a region that is shaping the trajectory...
