BANGKOK, 8 May 2015 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Tanasak Patimapragorn has met with Yang Jing, the Chinese State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council, during the latter’s official visit to Thailand as a guest of Thai Foreign Ministry to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations.
At the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction with the prosperous developments of the bi-lateral relations during the past four decades. They enjoyed close ties and frequent high-level exchanges that pushed forward the bilateral cooperation to a successful level.
Thailand and China also deepened their economic ties in various prospects, including the joint projects of railways construction and agricultural goods trades. They also sought greater cooperation in regional and multilateral frameworks, especially that of ASEAN and China.
On this occasion, Yang Jing, as the representative of the Chinese government, donated sets of computers worth around five million baht to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to honor her 5th cycle birthday anniversary. These computers, given through the Thai government, would be used in the Princess’s royally initiated projects. Also given throughout the Thai government were three-hundred scholarships for irrigation and energy training in China.
