The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly supported Thai government's roadmap, urging Thailand's political crisis be resolved peacefuly and through democratic means.
The lawmakers voted 411-4 in favour of the roadmap. They issued a symbolic resolution which called on all parties in Thailand to "work assiduously to settle their differences," basing on a five-point reconciliation plan proposed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The resolution came in favour of the Thai government and Abhisit despite the fact that runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra dispatched his legal adviser; Noppadon Pattama, to Washington to meet some US senators to repaint the red shirts' image and the Thai political crisis in Americans' perception.
Earlier the Thai government sent a special envoy; Kiat Sittiamorn, to meet the US senators to explain about the government's roadmap and reconciliation plans.