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[Wang Yi Meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Sihasak of Thailand] On November 3, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met in Beijing with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Sihasak of Thailand, who was in China for a working visit and attended the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting. Wang Yi said that in recent years, President Xi Jinping and King Maha Vajiralongkorn have maintained close communication and jointly led the construction of a China-Thailand community with a shared future to be deepened and solidified, making "China and Thailand, one family" more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The two countries have always understood, trusted and supported each other, constantly injecting new era connotations into traditional friendship. China appreciates the new Thai government led by Prime Minister Anutin for firmly pursuing a friendly policy towards China, which is fully in line with Thailand's fundamental long-term interests and is also conducive to maintaining peace and stability in the region. China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Thailand, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and push the construction of a China-Thailand community with a shared future to a new level.
Wang Yi said that China is willing to prepare for high-level exchanges with Thailand in the next stage and provide strategic guarantee for bilateral relations. China-Thailand economic and trade cooperation is the result of the complementary advantages of the two countries and is market-oriented. It is essentially mutually beneficial and win-win. China is willing to continue to open its ultra-large market to Thailand, encourage more companies to invest and start businesses in Thailand, and expand cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, computing power centers, and semiconductors. It also hopes that Thailand will continue to provide a stable, good, and predictable business environment for Chinese companies. Both sides should intensify joint efforts to combat online gambling fraud and completely eradicate the breeding ground for crime.
Wang Yi pointed out that under the turbulent international situation, it is crucial to strengthen cooperation with neighboring countries. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is one of the most successful sub-regional cooperations in the region. China highly appreciates Thailand's important contributions to the development of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and is willing to work with Thailand as co-chairs to prepare for the fifth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting. Both sides should also strengthen coordination and collaboration within multilateral mechanisms such as APEC and China-ASEAN to eliminate all kinds of interference and inject more stability and certainty into the peaceful development of the region and the world.
Wang Yi introduced the situation of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and expressed his willingness to conduct exchanges of experience in party and state governance with Thailand.
Sihasa congratulated the successful holding of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and spoke highly of the CCP's "people-centered" governance philosophy. He expressed that the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Thailand and China has breadth and depth and has good and strong development momentum. Thailand firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to always be China's strategic partner, jointly implement the consensus reached by leaders of both sides, promote the development of Thailand-China comprehensive strategic partnership, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of connectivity, economic and trade investment, green transformation and other fields, and jointly combat online gambling and electronic fraud. More Chinese companies are welcome to invest and start business in Thailand. Thailand appreciates China's contribution to the development of the Lancang-Mekong region and is willing to play its role and work with China to successfully hold this Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting and prepare for the fifth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting. Thailand is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China in international affairs, jointly advocate multilateralism, and safeguard the international order with the United Nations as the core.
The two sides also exchanged views on regional issues of common concern.
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