China congratulates Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on his re-election, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Lin Jian, the spokesman, made the remarks at a regular press briefing in Beijing in response to a media question about the country's elections.
Anutin Charnvirakul, a candidate from the Bhumjaithai Party, was re-elected Thailand's prime minister after securing a simple majority in a vote cast by the House of Representatives on Thursday.
"China congratulates Charnvirakul on his re-election as prime minister of Thailand. We believe that under the leadership of the prime minister, Thailand will make new and greater achievements in national development," he said.
"China and Thailand are close and friendly neighbors and are a community with a shared future. Under the strategic guidance of leaders of the two countries, the relations between China and Thailand have maintained a good momentum of growth, with fruitful cooperation in various sectors. China stands ready to work with Thailand to earnestly fulfill the important consensuses reached by the two heads of state, strengthen the traditional familial bond between our two countries, deliver more progress in building the China-Thailand community with a shared future, and bring more benefits to the two peoples," he said.
China congratulates Anutin Charnvirakul on re-election as Thai prime minister: spokesman
China congratulates Anutin Charnvirakul on re-election as Thai prime minister: spokesman
The United Nations (UN) is opposed to anything that "could constitute extrajudicial execution" and urged all relevant parties to avoid further escalation of the Middle East conflict, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a press conference in New York City on Wednesday.
Haq was responding to a media query about the killing of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, in Israeli attacks earlier this week.
The assassinations of Khatib and Iran's top security official Larijani were confirmed by the Iranian government on Wednesday and Tuesday, respectively.
Haq also briefed the press about Guterres' ongoing visit to Brussels, during which the Secretary-General will hold meetings with European Union (EU) leaders on UN-EU ties and global hotspot issues, such as the conflict in the Middle East and the Ukraine crisis.
"The Secretary-General arrived in Brussels earlier this morning for a series of meetings, including with European Union officials. He met earlier this afternoon with Maxime Prevot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation of Belgium. The Secretary-General then began his meetings with European Union officials, starting with Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament. The Secretary-General and the president discussed the partnership between the United Nations and the European Union. They also discussed a number of crises around the world, including the situation in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine," said Haq.
"The Secretary-General will travel to the seat of the European Commission for discussions with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. And later, the Secretary-General will meet with Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, and also have a working dinner with Mr. Costa," he said.
On the killing of a string of senior Iranian officials, Haq expressed the UN's opposition to illegal military strikes and repeated its call for a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
"First of all, as a point of principle, the United Nations is opposed to anything that could constitute extrajudicial execution, and that's true in all such cases, But beyond that, we do not believe that there is a military solution to this problem and we reiterate our call to Israel, to the United States, to Iran, and to any other parties to avoid any further escalation of this conflict," he said.
UN opposes 'extrajudicial execution', urges de-escalation of Middle East conflict: deputy spokesman
