Prime minister heads to Singapore to cement ties
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will today make a one-day visit to Singapore to cement bilateral ties after the new government under her leadership took office, a government official said yesterday.
Singapore will be the seventh of 10 Asean countries Yingluck intends to visit on a self-introduction mission.
Yingluck has made a series of introductory visits to Asean countries since September, beginning with Brunei, but needed to delay her plans following major floods in many provinces and the capital.
She would begin her trip to Singapore in the afternoon. Upon her arrival in the city state, Yingluck would visit an orchid park to attend a ceremony to name an orchid before an official greeting ceremony, a meeting with her counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and a courtesy call on Singapore’s President Tony Tan Keng Yam.
She would attend a panel meeting with her counterpart on bilateral affairs. The agenda for the meeting covers a wide range of cooperation, including trade and investment, notably cooperation under Singapore-Thailand Enhance Economic Relations (STEER) scheme. Yingluck would emphasise close relations with Singapore to build the Asean community in 2015, the official said.
She would join a dinner with Singaporean PM Lee before departing for Bangkok late in the evening the same day.
