Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha addresses the 38th and 39th Asean Summits via videoconference on Tuesday. Gen Prayut told Asean leaders that the Covid-19 crisis underlines the region's vulnerability to coping with emerging threats. "Asean should start reopening and allowing for safe travel to revive its economies," he said, adding that the Asean Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework should be put into practice, with mutual recognition of vaccines and vaccine certificates to facilitate business travel, and later tourism. The Thai prime minister complimented the progress made in using the Covid-19 Asean Response Fund to procure vaccines, and hoped member states would receive these soon. Hopes are still running high that a special envoy of Asean chair Brunei can visit Myanmar soon.

Source: Bangkok Post October 27, 2021 04:32 UTC