Title: SAY GOODBYE TO RUMMY - WITHIN WEEKS HE WILL RESIGN Source:
THE GIFT TO SEE THE TRUTH URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 4, 2006 Author:TLBSHOW Post Date:2006-06-04 10:40:35 by TLBSHOW Keywords:None Views:19278 Comments:91
Rumsfeld said another US Navy ship will visit Vietnam this summer. Under the Pentagons International Military Education and Training (IMET) programme, Vietnamese pilots will go to the United States for English-language training. He said the United States was not seeking access to military facilities in Vietnam.
We do have an evolving military-to-military relationship. Vietnam is an important country and theyre a country that we value our relationship with, but it certainly isnt anything that involves military basing, he told reporters in Singapore. Vietnam, a member of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, will play host to US President George W Bush at this years annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, a key economic grouping.
Last week, US and Vietnamese officials signed a pact that paves the way for Hanoi to join the World Trade Organisation by year-end. The deal requires Vietnam to cut tariffs and other barriers on a host of American goods and services.