New sea, land links to boost relationsThailand and India should leverage their new land link to strengthen ties when the 1,360-kilometre trilateral highway is completed next year, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said. "It is important that this sea lane opens at a time when attention is focused on problems in the South China Sea. Mr Abhisit, the Oxford-educated former leader of the Democrat Party, said Thailand and India should boost economic cooperation by strengthening bilateral and Asean free trade agreements. Meanwhile, Indian ambassador, Suchitra Durai, said her country's trade with Thailand is doing "reasonably well" despite the gloomy global economic outlook. She added that people-to-people contact between India and Thailand is very strong, with 2 million Indian tourists visiting Thailand every year.

Source: Bangkok Post February 08, 2020 00:00 UTC