Thai PM stops in LA, meets with Thai envoys and private sector

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has arrived in Los Angeles, United States, en route to Peru to attend the 31st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit from November 14-16.

During her stay in LA, she will host a meeting with Thai ambassadors, consuls general, and heads of Team Thailand in the Americas. She departed Bangkok yesterday.

At her meeting with Thai envoys in LA, she will outline her government’s policies to strengthen relations and cooperation between Thailand and countries across the continent.

Paetongtarn, who assumed office in August last year, will also meet with Thai nationals and representatives from the Thai private sector in the United States.

The prime minister is also scheduled to attend a networking reception with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and executives from leading US film companies before departing for Lima on November 13.

According to the Thai Government House, her agenda for the APEC summit includes a meeting with the US-APEC Business Coalition, an informal meeting between APEC Economic Leaders and the President’s special guests, the ABAC Dialogue with APEC Economic Leaders, and the APEC Economic Leaders’ Retreat.

She will also hold bilateral meetings with APEC Economic Leaders, including Peru’s President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, as well as representatives from the private sector.

The Thai PM will conclude her overseas visit to the United States and Peru on November 16 and is expected to return to Bangkok on November 18.