BANGKOK, Feb 3 — Senior executives of the Japan Business Federation, Keidanren, met Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon to discuss economic cooperation including electric mass transit investment.
Eizo Kobayashi and Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman and co-chairman respectively of Keidanren's Japan-Thailand Trade and Economic Committee, met Gen Prawit at Government House yesterday.
Gen Prawit informed them that political stability had been restored in Thailand and the arrival of some 60 leading Japanese businesspersons to attend the 23rd meeting of the Japan-Thailand Trade and Economic Committee showed Japanese investors' confidence in Thailand.
The meeting had not been held for three years, he said.
In the meeting at Government House, both sides emphasized comprehensive bilateral cooperation, railway development, trade in farm products and investment in special economic development zones.
The Japanese representatives told Gen Prawit that Japan was looking for investment-friendly train routes.
Besides, they said, Japan is ready to welcome Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who will visit next Monday to discuss a railway to link Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar and they hope the visit would be successful. (MCOT online news)
