“President Putin likes Phuket, I understand he travels often,” the Thai prime minister said, referring to a Thai resort island.
According to a Thai government statement, Putin has accepted the invitation, but a date has yet to be set.
During the meeting with Srettha, Putin lamented a decline in bilateral trade due to a “turbulent international situation”, according to the TASS Russian news agency.
More than a million Russians visited tourism-dependent Thailand this year.
Russian tourists sit on a beach in Phuket. More than a million Russian have visited Thailand so far this year. photo: Reuters
Thailand recently made changes to its visa arrangements to allow Russians to visit the kingdom for up to three months – an increase from 30 days.
Putin has also accepted an invitation from Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong to visit “soon”, according to a post on a Vietnamese government website.
Vietnam has always considered Russia one of its most important partners, Thuong said in a statement, adding Hanoi was looking to enhance its “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Russia.
The leaders met during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing and Putin also invited his Vietnamese counterpart to visit Russia at an appropriate time, according to the statement.
A representative of Russia’s embassy in Hanoi was not immediately available for comment.
The visits would follow President Joe Biden’s trip to Hanoi in September, during which Vietnam formally upgraded ties with the US to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam’s highest diplomatic relationship level and one previously reserved for China, Russia, India and South Korea.
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