Second political consultations held between Latvia and Thailand

On 7 February 2023, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Thailand held their second political consultations in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegation of Latvia was led by the Head of the Bilateral Relations Directorate, Nils Jansons, and the delegation of Thailand, by the Director General for European Affairs, Asi Mamanee.

The consultation addressed bilateral cooperation between Latvia and Thailand, including economic contacts, in particular, in the fields of information and communication technologies and higher education and culture. The partners in the talks exchanged views on the global and regional scale challenges – the state of play in Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region.

The Latvian delegation informed their Thai counterparts about the impact made by Russia’s aggression on the security of Latvia and Europe; the officials also discussed its influence on the international order based on the generally recognised principles and norms. Latvia commended Thailand’s humanitarian aid to Ukraine, while calling for broader support to be provided to Ukraine in the United Nations and other international formats.

In an exchange on cooperation between the European Union and Thailand, the officials expressed satisfaction with recent measures taken to resume negotiations on the EU-Thailand free trade agreement and welcomed signing of the EU-Thailand Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in December 2022.

After the meeting with the delegation of Thailand, the delegation from the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is leaving for Jakarta, where the political consultations of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Indonesia will take place on 9 February.