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Thai-Singapore Leaders' Retreat on Strategic Partnership

Thai-Singapore Leaders' Retreat on Strategic Partnership

Prachachat•Politics•1h ago

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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met for the 5th Thailand-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat to upgrade their strategic partnership across four key pillars.

  • •Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong held the 5th Thailand-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok.
  • •The two leaders agreed on the Joint Statement on the Thailand-Singapore Forward-Looking Strategic Partnership.
  • •Cooperation will focus on four pillars: environment/energy/food security, economy/investment/digital, defense/security, and regional strategic coordination.
  • •A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged between the Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and the Singaporean Ministry of Social and Family Development.

Overview

  • •Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong held the 5th Thailand-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok.
  • •Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong witnessed the exchange of an MoU between the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security of Thailand and the Ministry of Social and Family Development of Singapore.
  • •Thailand and Singapore agreed on the Joint Statement on the Thailand-Singapore Forward-Looking Strategic Partnership to guide future relations.
  • •Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated that Thailand and Singapore will share responsibility in leading ASEAN to face global challenges as they will serve as ASEAN Chair consecutively over the next 2 years.
  • •Thailand and Singapore agreed to develop four additional agreements covering digital economy, transnational crime, food security, and supply chain resilience.
  • •Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul outlined cooperation in energy via the Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore power integration project to support the ASEAN Power Grid.
  • •Thailand will expand on an agreement to deliver 100,000 tons of Thai rice to Singapore within 5 years.
  • •Thailand will host a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of Commerce in the near future to implement the discussion results.

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Key Entities

Person

Anutin Charnvirakul(อนุทิน ชาญวีรกูล)ℹ️
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Thailand.
Lawrence Wong(ลอว์เรนซ์ หว่อง)ℹ️
Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.
Ratchada Thanadirek(รัชดา ธนาดิเรก)
Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office.

Place

Mandarin Oriental Hotel(โรงแรมแมนดาริน โอเรียนเต็ล)ℹ️
The venue in Bangkok where the 5th Thailand-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat took place.
Myanmar(เมียนมา)ℹ️
A country for which Thailand and Singapore seek peace and prosperity through ASEAN's role.
Cambodia(กัมพูชา)ℹ️
A country with which Thailand is committed to resolving differences peacefully through bilateral mechanisms.

Organization

Ministry of Social Development and Human Security(กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์)ℹ️
A Thai ministry that signed an MoU with Singapore regarding social welfare and community development.
Ministry of Social and Family Development(กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและครอบครัว)ℹ️
A Singaporean ministry that signed an MoU with Thailand regarding social welfare and community development.
ASEAN(อาเซียน)ℹ️
A regional organization that Thailand and Singapore will chair consecutively over the next 2 years.
OECDℹ️
An organization that Singapore supports Thailand in joining as a member.

Policy

Joint Statement on the Thailand-Singapore Forward-Looking Strategic Partnership
A joint statement serving as a guideline for the future strategic partnership between Thailand and Singapore.