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Sat, 10/24/2009 - 13:40
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Thai PM urges Japan to import more Thai food products, workers
CHA-AM, Oct 24 (TNA) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday urged his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama to consider importing more Thai food and allowing more Thai workers to work in his country, said Panitan Wattanayakorn, deputy secretary-general to the Thai premier.
The two men met for about 30 minutes on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit being held in the Thai resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin with Mr Hatoyama telling Mr Abhisit that his government would consider the request to import more Thai food, according to Dr. Panitan.
However, Mr Hatoyama, who came to power recently after his Democratic Party won a historic victory over the dominant Liberal Democratic Party in September, that Thailand should raise the standard of quality of its food exports.
Dr Panitan said the Japanese government leader also urged the Thai government to care for Japanese businessmen who had invested in Thailand.
In response, Mr Abhisit told Mr Hatoyama that Thailand has laws to provide convenience to Japanese and other foreign investors in the country.
In June this year, Japanese operators of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand asked the Japanese and Thai governments to grant financial assistance to them due to global economic meltdown.
Currently, there are approximately 7,000 Japanese-operated SMEs in Thailand. Out of the total, 1,300 firms are members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce while the remainder are non-members without parent companies in Japan, also receive no help from the Thai or Japanese governments.
The two premiers also exchanged ideas on politics since they lead political parties which carry the same meaning, said Dr Panitan. They also agreed to set up a political club to allow politicians of the two countries to exchange ideas as well as to cooperate politically.
Mr Abhisit is leader of the ruling Democrat Party, Thailand’s oldest political party. (TNA)
The two men met for about 30 minutes on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit being held in the Thai resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin with Mr Hatoyama telling Mr Abhisit that his government would consider the request to import more Thai food, according to Dr. Panitan.
However, Mr Hatoyama, who came to power recently after his Democratic Party won a historic victory over the dominant Liberal Democratic Party in September, that Thailand should raise the standard of quality of its food exports.
Dr Panitan said the Japanese government leader also urged the Thai government to care for Japanese businessmen who had invested in Thailand.
In response, Mr Abhisit told Mr Hatoyama that Thailand has laws to provide convenience to Japanese and other foreign investors in the country.
In June this year, Japanese operators of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand asked the Japanese and Thai governments to grant financial assistance to them due to global economic meltdown.
Currently, there are approximately 7,000 Japanese-operated SMEs in Thailand. Out of the total, 1,300 firms are members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce while the remainder are non-members without parent companies in Japan, also receive no help from the Thai or Japanese governments.
The two premiers also exchanged ideas on politics since they lead political parties which carry the same meaning, said Dr Panitan. They also agreed to set up a political club to allow politicians of the two countries to exchange ideas as well as to cooperate politically.
Mr Abhisit is leader of the ruling Democrat Party, Thailand’s oldest political party. (TNA)
