Navy gives China firm 2 monthsNavy chief of staff Adm Tharoengsak Sirisawat, right, and Liu Song, a visiting vice president of China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC), in their meeting at the Royal Thai Navy headquarters in Bangkok on Thursday. (Photo supplied)The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has given China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC) two more months to honour its agreement to supply the navy with an S26T Yuan-class submarine with German-made MTU396 diesel engines, RTN spokesman Pokkrong Monthatphalin said. CSOC said it had tried negotiating with the German firm via business-to-business and government-to-government talks as well as diplomatic approaches, he added. The RTN told the Chinese company the diesel engine must meet four key requirements. Thailand procured its first Yuan-class S26T submarine from China back in 2017 for 13.5 billion baht.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2022 11:13 UTC