Somrudee Poopornanake, Director-General of Thailand’s Department of European Affairs, visited Belarus on 2–4 November and attended the 4th Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. The conference discussed regional security and the possibility of establishing a new Eurasian security architecture.
During the visit, Poopornanake met Evgeny Vorobyev, Director of the Asia and Africa Department at Belarus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Thai side expressed strong interest in beginning negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union, of which Belarus is a member, and in expanding bilateral trade and economic ties.
The two sides welcomed Belavia’s launch of direct flights between Minsk and Bangkok, and between Minsk and Phuket. Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said the routes would support tourism cooperation and people-to-people ties.
