Thailand has inked an MoU with the European Union (EU), agreeing to accept Laissez-Passer travel documents and loosen bureaucracy for travelling diplomats.
Kanchana Patarachoke, the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson and the Director General of the Information Department, said on Friday that the MoU was signed on June 1 between Mr David Daly, European Union Ambassador to Thailand, and Mr Asi Mamanee, the European Affairs Director General of the ministry.
Laissez-Passer is a secure e-travel document issued by the EU for its representatives and staff members, and is recognised as a valid travel document by the Member States, she said.
She said that previously, Thailand had accepted only travel documents issued by individual EU member states, for example, if that EU delegate…
