Thai Government-Government House News-“Dr. Nalinee Thaweesin” discusses with the Ambassador of Bhutan Enjoy close relationships at every level. Discussed promoting cooperation in education, public health, tourism, revealing that Thailand is ready to participate in the Thailand-Bhutan JTC meeting.

25/04/2024

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“Dr. Nalinee Thaweesin” discusses with the Bhutan Ambassador Enjoy close relationships at every level. Discussed promoting cooperation in education, public health, tourism, revealing that Thailand is ready to participate in the Thailand-Bhutan JTC meeting.

“Dr. Nalinee Thaweesin” discusses with the Bhutan Ambassador Enjoy close relationships at every level. Discussed promoting cooperation in education, public health, tourism, revealing that Thailand is ready to participate in the Thailand-Bhutan JTC meeting.

Today (25 Apr. 2024) Dr. Nalini Thaweesin discusses with the Bhutan Ambassador. Enjoy close relationships at every level. Discussed promoting cooperation in education, public health and tourism, highlighting the concept of “2 Kingdoms, 1 Destination”, revealing that Thailand is ready to participate in the Thailand-Bhutan JTC meeting to be hosted by Bhutan in mid-May. To announce the opening of negotiations on the Thai-Bhutan FTA agreement.

Dr. Nalinee Thaweesin, Thai Trade Representative Revealed after discussions with Mr. Kinsan Dorji, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan to Thailand, that he and the ambassador agreed that Thailand and Bhutan have strong relations at all levels. From the royal family to the people By looking ahead Thailand and Bhutan still have many opportunities to promote cooperation in many dimensions, such as education, public health and tourism. That will focus on creating tour packages (Package Tour) under the concept of “Two Kingdoms One Destination” (Two Kingdoms One Destination) which will focus on promoting arts, culture, lifestyle, food and community tourism. In order to attract tourists from around the world to the two countries.

Dr. Nalini added that in terms of promoting trade cooperation He informed the Bhutanese side of the Thai side’s readiness to participate in the 5th Thailand-Bhutan Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting (ministerial level) in mid-May 2024, which Bhutan has scheduled to be. Hosted, the JTC forum will be an important discussion mechanism on important economic and trade relations between Thailand and Bhutan between the two countries, and the 5th Thailand-Bhutan JTC meeting will be an important meeting. To announce the opening of negotiations for the Thai-Bhutan FTA Agreement and it will be a good opportunity for both sides to follow up and find ways to strengthen trade relations, investment and economic cooperation in various fields between each other. In addition, he and The Ambassador also discussed opportunities and channels for importing organic products from Bhutan to the Thai market, such as asparagus, trout and chanterelle mushrooms, as well as promoting connectivity. Road between Thailand and Bhutan In order to increase opportunities for transporting goods and tourists. This takes a total of 7 days to travel, in addition to the current two flights per day between Thailand and Bhutan.

Thai trade representative In conclusion, he said Bhutan has the potential to be a market for Thai products in the long term. Because Bhutan has continued economic development. On December 13, 2023, Bhutan was released from the status of a least developed country (LDC) according to the United Nations (UN) criteria and officially moved towards becoming a developing country. In addition, Bhutan is a country that depends mainly on imported goods and Thai products are popular with Bhutanese.