Japanese PM will make first visit to Thailand in 11 years

Published on January 14, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 14 January 2013 – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to Thailand from 17 â€" 18 January 2013. He will meet with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to discuss bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

Mr Abe’s trip to Thailand will be the first official visit of Japanese leaders in eleven years after PM Junichiro Koizumi’s trip in 2002. The Japanese PM and Ms Yingluck will hold talks on international ties and exchange views on Thai-Japanese strategic partnership promotion based on their diplomatic ties of over 125 years.

The Thai and Japanese leaders will also discuss guidelines to create prosperity, pace and sustainable development in the region through the ASEAN-Japan cooperation framework. Other issues on the agenda include other regional cooperation with a focus on integration and the ASEAN Economic Community.

The association and Japan celebrate their 40th anniversary of relations this year.

(NNT: suwit rattiwan suwit rattiwan)

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Article source: http://www.thethailandlinks.com/2013/01/14/japanese-pm-will-make-first-visit-to-thailand-in-11-years/