International relations

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand stands ready to support Vietnam as chair of ASEAN in 2020 and thanked Vietnam for supporting Thailand as this year’s ASEAN chair.Keep watching ...

Thailand is counting on a new bridge connecting with Myanmar to increase border trade between the two countries. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said after opening the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that the new link between Mae Sot district and Myanmar’s Myawaddy will increase border trade ...

Thailand is preparing to welcome the leaders of 10 Asean nations and their dialogue partners, including US President Donald Trump — if he decides to come to the Asean Summit himself.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li ...

The European Union aims to resume negotiations with Thailand on a free trade agreement (FTA), the Council of the European Union said in a statement, after earlier suspending trade talks following a 2014 military coup.The statement linked the decision to the general election in March ...

The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge across the Moei river in Tak’s Mae Sot district will be officially opened on Oct 30, according to a press release from the Highway Department.The opening ceremony will be co-chaired by Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Myanmar’s Minister of Construction ...

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau will support conferences that promote economic corridors with neighbouring countries to strengthen Thailand’s ambition to become an events hub for the Greater Mekong Subregion.It hopes to build economic ties with neighbours Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam by supporting ...

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said his ministry will be coordinating between businesses in Thailand and Myanmar to strengthen border trade and boost bilateral ties.Myanmar and Thailand also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ton October 1 to boost the transfer of goods across the second ...

Thailand and China on Thursday agreed to work together to boost ties in all areas.The agreement was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Song Tao, head of China’s International Liaison Department, at Government House on Thursday.Keep reading ...

Thailand and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on transnational issues, including drug smuggling, the repatriation of Myanmar refugees, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).The issues were discussed at the 7th Thai-Myanmar High Level Committee (HLC) meeting, which was held in Bangkok ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who will be visiting Thailand for Asean meetings later this month, says Washington hopes for transparency and good governance in the newly formed Cabinet under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.“We support transparency and good governance around the world and will ...