Mark Gooding

British Ambassador to Thailand 🏳️‍🌈 เอกอัครราชทูตอังกฤษประจำประเทศไทย CV: 🇬🇧🇹🇭🇦🇹🇱🇰🇫🇷🇨🇳🇰🇭

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ผมขอแสดงความยินดีที่รัฐสภาไทยผ่านกฎหมาย #สมรสเท่าเทียม

Congratulations to #Thailand on the passage through Parliament of the Equal Marriage Bill.

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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.

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Visiting #KohSamui prison for a discussion about prisoner welfare and rehabilitation. @UKinThailand’s consular team regularly visits 🇬🇧 prisoners across #Thailand.

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Meeting the #KohSamui District Chief and Commissioner of #Thailand’s Tourist Police to discuss tourist safety and our assistance to British visitors and residents.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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👇 Link to my recent interview with The Standard, covering global turbulence and geopolitics as well as 🇬🇧🇹🇭 collaboration on economic growth and security.

เจาะยุทธศาสตร์ไทย-UK ฝ่าคลื่นภูมิรัฐศาสตร์ สู่ความร่วมมืออุตสาหกรรมแห่งอ... https://t.co/CerNO1pgX3 via @YouTube

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Celebrating International Tea Day with @ukinthailand colleagues. เนื่องในวันชาสากลวันนี้ 🇬🇧 นักการทูตของสถานทูตอังกฤษร่วมกันเฉลิมฉลองด้วยการดื่มชา

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@SarahMacFCDO Great news. Many congratulations!

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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.

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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.

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ผมรู้สึกตกใจและเสียใจเป็นอย่างยิ่งกับเหตุรถประจำทางชนกับรถไฟในกทม. ผมขอส่งกำลังใจให้กับเหยื่อ ครอบครัวของเขา และผู้ที่ได้รับผลกระทบทุกท่าน สหราชอาณาจักรขอยืนเคียงข้างไทยในช่วงเวลาที่โศกเศร้านี้ #มักกะสัน

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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 🇹🇭.

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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.

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Meeting #Pattaya’s Police Superintendant to discuss our support for British people and tourist safety

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Great to catch up with colleagues from the Royal British Legion #Thailand. A real pleasure working with them during my years in #Thailand.

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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.

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A spot of rain #Bangkok

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@HCICanberra @nageshsinghIFS @ausgov Many congratulations @nageshsinghIFS