During a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently acknowledged Thailand’s government’s determination to eradicate human trafficking and forced labor.
Thailand has made combating human trafficking a national priority, according to the premier, and will make every effort to address the issue effectively. He also invited US Vice President Joe Biden to the APEC meeting in Bangkok in November.
Gen Prayut praised a memorandum of understanding signed this week by Blinken and Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai that strengthens ties between the two countries ahead of the 190th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the US and Thailand.
Thailand and the United States have agreed to increase investment in industries with common goals, particularly Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) economy.
The two sides also agreed to work together on technology transfers to help Thailand meet its climate goals, as well as to support the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework led by the United States, which Thailand has joined along with 13 other countries.
