Srettha presided over the 2023 meeting of Thai ambassadors, consuls-general, commercial attachés and investment attachés to countries around the world at the Vithes Samosorn Building in Bangkok.
The PM called for “Team Thailand”, namely ambassadors, diplomats, agricultural and commercial attachés and representatives of government agencies, to work together to set the direction and strategy for the new era of foreign policy, making it tangible and what he called “edible” diplomacy.
Srettha emphasised the importance of customer-centric government and a sense of urgency, as well as the need for a paradigm shift that focuses more on why this task needs to be done, its impacts, and how it can be achieved.
The PM proposed two function-based frameworks for laying out working strategies. The first of these relates to economic diplomacy such…
