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PM Modi Calls Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra a “Great Friend of India”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday during his visit to Thailand. PM Modi described him as “a great friend of India”.

PM Modi wrote about the meeting in a post on X, stressing Thaksin Shinawatra’s significant experience in governance and policymaking.

“It was a delight to meet Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. He has extensive experience in matters relating to governance and policy making. He is also a great friend of India and had a very warm relationship with Atal Ji. Mr. Shinawatra and I talked at length about India-Thailand cooperation and how it benefits the people of our respective countries. We deliberated on the immense potential in areas like defence, trade, culture and more”, PM Modi wrote on X.

PM Modi is in Thailand to attend the sixth BIMSTEC Summit.

The conference, slated for Friday, represents a key regional engagement between India and its neighboring countries in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

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