Li Qiang meets with Sompong, President of the National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand

On the morning of November 14, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with President of the National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand Wanmuhamadnoor Matha in Bangkok. Vice President of the National Assembly and Speaker of the Senate of Thailand Mongkol Surasajja and others were present at the meeting. Li Qiang noted that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua in recent years, China-Thailand relations have enjoyed steady development and fruitful cooperation in various fields. Last year, the two countries solemnly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the golden 50 years of friendship. Bilateral relations have reached a new historical starting point and embraced new development opportunities. Going forward, China stands ready to work with Thailand to carry forward traditional friendship, cement political mutual trust, and deepen and solidify the China-Thailand community with a shared future to bring more benefits to the two peoples and better serve the modernization drive of both countries. Li Qiang pointed out that China is ready to deepen economic and trade exchanges with Thailand, accelerate the construction of the China-Thailand Railway, encourage enterprises of the two countries to carry out cooperation in emerging areas such as new energy and electronic information, and strengthen collaborative innovation to promote industrial upgrading. The two sides need to deepen exchanges and cooperation in such areas as culture, youth, education and at subnational levels to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples and consolidate public support for friendship. The two sides need to strengthen multilateral coordination and cooperation to safeguard the common interests of the two countries and international fairness and justice. It is hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries will strengthen exchanges and cooperation, support the construction of major projects and practical cooperation between the two countries, and play a greater role in providing rule of law safeguards and promoting people-to-people connectivity. Wanmuhamadnoor Matha said that the Thailand-China friendship goes back a long way. The Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people to achieve development feats that have attracted worldwide attention, which is deeply admired by Thailand. Thailand firmly pursues the one-China policy and is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, advance exchanges and cooperation in such areas as connectivity, cultural and people-to-people and educational exchanges, law enforcement and security, and tourism, and strengthen international coordination to jointly tackle common challenges. The National Assembly of Thailand is willing to provide a sound rule of law environment and safeguards for the practical and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries to better benefit the two peoples.