Thai PM to officially visit India

BANGKOK, June 14 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to India, scheduled for June 16-18, 2016, aimed at strengthening relations between New Delhi and Bangkok in all dimensions. Krerkpan Roekchamnong, Director-General of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs, told journalists on June 13 that Prime Minister General Prayut will be accompanied by his wife and his entourage, including Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, many other Cabinet members, and representatives from the Thai public and private sectors during his three-day trip to India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Krerkpan said during his stay in India, the Thai prime minister is scheduled to present his government’s policies to the Thailand team in India and to confer with his Indian counterpart. Krerkpan stated that both the Indian and the Thai premiers will also witness the signing of two agreements on an exchange of culture and on communications between people of both countries. Besides, the Thai prime minister will pay a courtesy call on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari. According to the senior official, the Thai prime minister and his wife will travel to Bodh Gaya on the last day of his visit to India to take part in a prayers and meditation ceremony beneath the Mahabodhi Tree at the Mahabodhi Temple, the Lord Buddha’s enlightenment site, and do other forms of merit markings, including alms offering to Buddhist monks, to pay tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the auspicious occasion of the 70th anniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to the throne this year. (TNA)