Thai premier visits Singapore to boost ties

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
Thai premier visits Singapore to boost ties

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday left for Singapore for an official visit today to strengthen bilateral relations in tourism, trade and investments.

Deputy government spokesman Major General Veerachon Sukhontapatipak, Prime Minister Prayut visited the island state at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong. 

The two-day trip is aimed at developing stronger bilateral ties and Prayut will meet with Singapore’s high ranking officials and observe the country’s economic and education policies. 

Both premiers will preside over the signing of 4 memorandums of understanding, which include cooperation on sea transport tourism, digital market productivity, and digital market information sharing between the Federation of the Thai Industries and Singapore’s business sector. 
Prime Minister Prayut and his wife will also visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens and attend an orchid-naming ceremony before visiting the Thai athletes who are competing in the 28th SEA Games to boost their morale.