Continuing our visit to #KohSamui with meetings with the Superintendant of Police to discuss road safety and with Koh Samui Hospital to thank them for their assistance to British people on the island.
Visiting #KohSamui prison for a discussion about prisoner welfare and rehabilitation. @UKinThailand’s consular team regularly visits 🇬🇧 prisoners across #Thailand.
Meeting the #KohSamui District Chief and Commissioner of #Thailand’s Tourist Police to discuss tourist safety and our assistance to British visitors and residents.
Congratulating Lt Ravich Vanichayakornkul on winning the International Sword for best overseas officer cadet at the UK’s Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst. What a fantastic achievement!
On the 2nd day of her visit to #Thailand, Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 visited the UK’s regional health programme, and met the NSC, UK businesses, consular contacts, UN Women and others. Plus a brief stop at the historic Wat Pho.
Delighted to welcome 🇬🇧 Minister for Indo Pacific @SeemaMalhotra1 to #Thailand. On day one of her visit we held a successful 6th 🇬🇧🇹🇭 Strategic Dialogue, held meetings with Thailand’s newly elected Parliamentarians and hosted entrepreneurs to promote our work on AI and tech.
👇 Link to my recent interview with The Standard, covering global turbulence and geopolitics as well as 🇬🇧🇹🇭 collaboration on economic growth and security.
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Opening a conference on investment security jointly hosted by UK, Thailand and OECD with attendees also from 🇦🇺🇯🇵. Productive discussions on how to make the investment environment attractive and secure, all in support of Thailand’s OECD accession.
I am shocked and saddened by today’s tragic bus/train collision in #Bangkok. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all those affected. The UK stands in solidarity with Thailand at this time.
Smuggling cannabis from #Thailand to the UK and elsewhere is illegal and about to get harder. Today I presented 🇹🇭 Customs Dept DG Phantong with portable X-ray devices & cannabis test kits from 🇬🇧 to assist detection. Those caught smuggling can now be blacklisted from 🇹🇭.
The rest of my consular outreach in #Chonburi included meeting the Mayor of #Pattaya, a visit to Yoodee Care Home, and a reception for our local consular contacts. Thank you for the warm welcome and all the assistance our partners provide to British visitors and residents.
Meeting Governor Naris of #Thailand’s Chonburi province to discuss our assistance to the thousands of British people visiting and residing in the region, as well as our support for UK businesses investing here.