Despite the West’s best efforts to isolate Russia on the international stage following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow still enjoys warm relations with countries in Asia — Thailand being among them.
This past week, at the Belt and Road summit in Beijing, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin hailed Thailand and Russia’s “long-standing close relationship” after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Srettha posted about his first meeting with Putin as Thai PM on X, formerly known as Twitter. Both discussed increasing trade and cultural ties, he said, and Putin accepted Srettha’s invitation to visit Thailand next year.
Business at the heart of Srettha’s motives
Experts say Srettha, who is a real estate tycoon, is just focusing on business.
“To boost the Thai economy to like 4%, and above, you need some foreign exchange. You need some customers. I think it’s not…
