22-11-2024 02:03 PM Jerusalem Timing

Zarif Meets Thai PM in Bangkok

Zarif Meets Thai PM in Bangkok

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha early Friday.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha early Friday.

During the meeting in Bangkok, the two ministers discussed ways of increasing political and ecZarif Meets Thai PM in Bangkokonomic relations between the two countries, IRNA news agency reported.

On the second day of his visit to Bangkok, the top Iranian diplomat was received by the Thai premier, Prayut Chan-o-cha, at Government House in the capital on Friday.

The two senior officials exchanged views on the expansion of Tehran-Bangkok relations in various areas, particularly in political and economic spheres.

Late on Thursday, Zarif held talks with his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai over ways to enhance cooperation on issues of bilateral and regional significance.

Zarif arrived in the Thai capital on Wednesday on the fourth leg of his South East Asian tour to attend the 14th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting.

The idea to form the Asia Cooperation Dialogue was first proposed by the Thai prime minister in a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2001.

The first Asian Cooperation Dialogue convened in Thailand in 2002.

Iran that used to be an observer member of Asian Cooperation Dialogue was admitted as a member state in 2004.