Pundits offer Pheu Thai pointers on foreign affairs

Experts on foreign relations have suggested the Pheu Thai-led government seek global cooperation on a broad front rather than focusing on trade and the economy.

Jittiphat Poonkham, director of Thammasat University’s International Studies Programme at the Faculty of Political Science, said Pheu Thai, which is overseeing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is known for its interest in economic policies.

That’s why he was afraid that new foreign policies would be business-oriented rather than focused on foreign issues as such.

Mr Jittiphat spoke about the matter at a seminar titled on “Thai foreign policy outlook under the incoming government” at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Political Science.

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