BANGKOK, 13 September 2011 – Thailand will promote tourism cooperation with Indonesia after leaders of the two countries have agreed on the move.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said after her return from a day-long trip to Indonesia that President Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono welcomed positive developments of the situation in Thailand and expressed greater confidence as well as his wish to see wider cooperation on tourism between the two countries.
Other aspects of cooperation discussed were on halal food, fisheries, and agriculture, particularly rice which Indonesia wanted to import more.
Ms Yingluck said the Indonesian President was also pleased to learn that the Thai leader was going to visit Cambodia and Laos because the move would improve and strengthen intra-regional relationship in ASEAN. Touching on Indonesia’s plan to send observers to the Preah Vihear Temple disputed zone, Ms Yingluck said the plan was likely to continue as planned, and she believed that her visit to Cambodia would help improve bilateral relations.
She also denied her knowledge about the plan of her exiled brother, ex-prime minister Pol Lt-Col Thaksin Shinawatra, to visit Cambodia at the end of this week. She asked the public not to make a presumption that Pol Lt Col Thaksin’s return would only bring chaos to Thailand as it would be too soon to analyse the situation in that way. The Prime Minister also reiterated she would work for the people as committed.
