Accompanying Sutin were Defence Ministry’s permanent-secretary General Sanitchanok Sangchan, Royal Thai Armed Forces chief General Songwit Noonpakdee, Army Commander-in-Chief General Charoenchai Hinthao, Air Force Commander-in-Chief ACM Punpakdee Pattanakul, and the Royal Thai Navy’s deputy chief ADM Chonlatit Navanukroah.
Sutin also invited defence ministers from allied nations, as well as armed forces chiefs and ambassadors from ASEAN nations to join the event.
In his opening speech, Sutin said the Defence & Security expo was an important event for the Thai Defence Ministry and the armed forces, as they will have a chance to establish security networks with their counterparts in ASEAN nations.
