Prayut tells Xi railway project must go on
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Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Sunday stressed to Chinese president Xi Jinping that the Thai-China railway transportation project, although having been become bogged down in legal issues, must be carried on.
In their bilateral meeting during the China-hosted G-20 summit in Hangzhou, Xi reaffirmed to Prayut that China was ready to continue cooperation with Thailand on the project.
The two leaders also agreed to push bilateral strategic cooperation in a number of areas to cope with coming challenges. This was also to achieve mutual development goals to benefit the two countries as well as the rest of Asia, XI said.
Thanking China for welcoming the Kingdom in a capacity of a chairman of the Group of 77, Prayut praised Xi for his vision in bridging cooperation between the two countries.
He also thanked Chinese tourists for travelling to Thailand in big numbers, adding that Thai authorities had been ordered to provide good services to them.
