BANGKOK, 24 April 2015 – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to attend the 26th Asean Summit 2015 on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi, Malaysia.
Gen Prayut plans to use the opportunity to propel the completion of Asean Community Integration toward the people-centered region.
He will show Thailand’s support for connectivity in all respects especially the development of cross-border trade and special economic zones, in parallel with an improvement in the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, ASEAN must also prepare for some negative impact caused by comprehensive connectivity and new forms of threat.
The Summit will take place on 26th-28th April on the theme “Our People, Our Community, Our Vision”. It is the first meeting in 2015, mainly focusing on internal affairs of ASEAN. This year the Summit is hosted by Malaysia, the Chair of ASEAN. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will chair the meeting.
On April 28 at Langkawi, he is also scheduled to attend a sideline meeting of the 9th IMT-GT in order to revise trilateral plans for the development of economic zones between Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
