PM to Singapore on Thursday
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will make a familiarisation trip to Singapore on Thursday to boost mutual cooperation.
The premier will leave Bangkok at 1pm. During her one-day trip, she will meet her Singaporean counterpart; Lee Hsien Loong, and discuss the excellent trade and investment ties between both countries. They are also expected to talk about how to strengthen such existing mechanisms as the Prime Ministerial Retreat and SingaporeThai Enhanced Economic Relations.
Yingluck will later pay a courtesy call on Singapore’s President Tony Tan, who was voted in as the seventh president of the country in August.
Lee Hsien Loong will host a reception dinner for Yingluck, who will leave Singapore at 9.30pm and arrive back in Bangkok at 10.50pm.
Thailand and Singapore are among ten members of Asean grouping.
