Thailand and India sign agreement on culture and education

The signing came after a one-on-one and full-team bilateral discussion between Prayut and Narendra Modi, his Indian counterpart, Deputy Government spokesperson Maj-Gen Werachon Sukondhapaitpak said. 

The academic cooperation agreement was made between Chiang Mai University and Nagaland University. 

The two leaders also issued a joint statement after their talks, saying they expected to increase maritime, cybersecurity, military and intelligence cooperation. They also pledged to push the India-Myanmar-Thai road project, cooperate in air traffic service, promote people-to-people cooperation and make quick progress in the talks on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooper-ation. 

Prayut arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after an invitation from Modi and is due to return Saturday. 

Prayut is accompanied by his wife Naraporn and a high-level team made up of several Cabinet ministers, senior officials and a 46-member business delegation.