PM Srettha to attend the ASEAN-GCC summit in Riyadh

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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will attend the inaugural summit between ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Friday, immediately following his visit to China, according to high-level government sources.

 

Srettha will wrap up his four-day trip to China, which begins on Monday, and fly directly to Riyadh for a two-day visit. The prime minister will join other ASEAN leaders on Friday at the summit, which will be held in the Saudi capital. Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman will be the host.

 

The sources said that Srettha will have the opportunity to hold side-line meetings with other GCC members, to expedite the repatriation of Thai workers from Israel. The government has pledged to bring back all workers who want to return home as soon as possible.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-16

 

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Increasingly obvious that Thaksin is having Srettha wheeled around the world like a cardboard cut out or automatic greeting machine to keep him out of the country, so he can't interfere with Thaksin's faceless back room boys who are actually running things. Srettha can't answer any questions but comes back with unfounded claims of persuading foreigners to invest in Thailand.  We saw the same pattern with Yingluck who visited a record number of countries as PM but achieved nothing except for boosting the fortunes of brand name goods vendors in the countries she visited.