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Abhisit: Hong Kong keen to expand trade, investment with Thailand
BANGKOK, April 15 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday said Hong Kong business leaders expressed interest in expanding trade and investment in Thailand’s agriculture sector and state investment projects.
During his one day trip on Friday, Mr. Abhisit met business people during a luncheon held by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. They were interested in investing both in state projects and the private sector.
The Thai leader also held talks with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Donald Tsang for 30 minutes on trade and investment expansion. Mr. Abhisit said the chief executive expressed keen interest on possible trade agreement negotiations which both sides agree to discuss further in due course.
Prime Minister Abhisit also called on ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return home to face corruption charges
He said at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong that Mr. Thaksin could expect justice from Thailand but the former premier must accept the consequences of his actions.
Thaksin went into self-imposed exile after the bloodless coup in 2006 and is now a fugitive from a two-year prison term imposed after he was convicted in October of violating a conflict of interest law. (TNA)
During his one day trip on Friday, Mr. Abhisit met business people during a luncheon held by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. They were interested in investing both in state projects and the private sector.
The Thai leader also held talks with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Donald Tsang for 30 minutes on trade and investment expansion. Mr. Abhisit said the chief executive expressed keen interest on possible trade agreement negotiations which both sides agree to discuss further in due course.
Prime Minister Abhisit also called on ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return home to face corruption charges
He said at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong that Mr. Thaksin could expect justice from Thailand but the former premier must accept the consequences of his actions.
Thaksin went into self-imposed exile after the bloodless coup in 2006 and is now a fugitive from a two-year prison term imposed after he was convicted in October of violating a conflict of interest law. (TNA)
