BANGKOK, Jan 17 (TNA) – Thailand and Czech Republic pledged to strengthen relations and deepen economic cooperation during the first-ever official visit of Prime Minister of the Czech Republic to Thailand from Jan 15-17.
Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha welcomed Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš at Government House on Wednesday.
He was accompanied by a Czech business delegation of 48 entrepreneurs and executives from 40 leading companies.
After the meeting, Gen. Prayut said the two sides discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation in security, economy, trade, investment and tourism.
Thailand proposed to boost trade between the two countries, particularly agricultural goods, rice, para rubber and fishery products and asked the Czech Republic to help push forward the Thai – EU Free Trade negotiation.
Czech Prime Minister agreed with Thailand 4.0 Policy implementation and Czech businesses have expressed their keen interest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and infrastructure projects in Thailand.
He invited Thai prime minister to lead a delegation to the Czech Republic.
The Czech Republic attaches importance to expanding trade and investment in Asia according to its Economic Diplomacy policy, aiming at diversifying the country’s economy in order to become less dependent on trade with Europe. The country views Thailand as a hub for the Southeast Asian region, which can be a base for the distribution of Czech products to Thailand’s neighbouring countries. (TNA)
