Srettha to meet Biden in San Francisco next month

File photo : Thai PM Srettha Thavisin

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is scheduled to visit the United States and meet with President Joe Biden next month for bilateral talks.

The source said that Srettha will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Leaders Meeting (APEC) in San Francisco, scheduled for November 15-17, and hold side-line meetings with APEC leaders, including Biden and leaders from 22 other economies. Both men met previously in New York, during the United Nations General Assembly in late September.

This year the US is chairing the APEC leaders’ meeting, on the theme of “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.”

APEC is a regional economic forum, established in 1989 to promote trade in the Asia-Pacific region. As host, Washington views APEC as the premier platform on which to advance economic policies in the region, to promote free, fair and open trade…