FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Don downplays Kingdom’s enthusiasm for Prayut-Trump meeting

Don downplays Kingdom’s enthusiasm for Prayut-Trump meeting

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has said that Thailand is not “too enthusiastic” about working on a proposed meeting between Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and the US President Donald Trump.

“Actually, it’s us whom they [the US] want to speak to,” Don said. “It’s not about who wants it to happen more. But we have come to mutually agree that the meeting should take place.”
During a phone conversation In April, Trump invited Prayut to meet with him in the US.
In late June, Prayut told relevant government agencies to prepare information for the meeting at the White House.
The Thai government had said the meeting was scheduled for late July but was postponed and the new date undetermined.
Prayut will meet with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after the latter’s attendance at the Asean ministerial meetings in Manila. 
While in Bangkok, Tillerson will pay his respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Agendas for Prayut’s meeting with Tillerson are centred on bilateral and multilateral issues, with a possible emphasis on the denuclearisation of North Korea and attempts to write a code of conduct for the South China Sea.

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