Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul to visit Singapore on Nov 7
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This will be Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s first official visit to the Republic since taking office in September 2025.
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- Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul visits Singapore on Nov 7 at PM Wong's invitation to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties.
- Singapore and Thailand will sign MOUs on food security and healthcare, strengthening existing cooperation in trade and investment.
- Both countries were each other’s ninth-largest trading partner in 2024, with bilateral trade amounting to $44.5 billion.
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SINGAPORE - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will be in Singapore for a one-day visit on Nov 7, at the invitation of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
This will be Mr Anutin’s first official visit to the Republic since taking office in September 2025.
The visit takes place as Singapore and Thailand commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, said Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Nov 6.
The Thai leader will receive a ceremonial welcome at the Foreign Ministry by PM Wong, followed by a bilateral meeting between them.
The two countries are expected to sign two agreements during the visit, in the areas of food security and healthcare. In the afternoon, Mr Anutin will attend an official lunch hosted by PM Wong.
During his trip, the Thai leader will also call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and visit the National Orchid Garden, where a new orchid hybrid will be named in his honour.
Mr Anutin’s visit is the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between the two countries, which have shared ties since the 19th century, when King Chulalongkorn made his first overseas visit to Singapore in 1871.
PM Wong made an introductory visit to Thailand
In October, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and his Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow jointly officiated the opening of the 15th Singapore-Thailand Civil Service Exchange Programme here. The programme aims to promote camaraderie and enhance cooperation between civil servants from both countries.
Mr Sihasak also called on PM Wong during the visit.
Earlier in November, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended the lying-in-state of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit,
Singapore and Thailand are among the founding members of Asean, and share close links on several fronts, including the economy and people-to-people ties.
On the trade and investment front, both countries were each other’s ninth-largest trading partner in 2024, when bilateral trade between Singapore and Thailand amounted to $44.5 billion – a 6.4 per cent increase from 2023.
As at 2024, Ministry of Trade and Industry figures showed that Singapore is Thailand’s largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI), with $14.25 billion – or 43 per cent – of Thailand’s total FDI applications.
Singapore companies are active in Thailand’s food and beverage, hospitality, and transport and logistics sectors, and the two countries consistently feature among each other’s top tourist destinations.
Around 680,000 Singaporeans visited Thailand
The two countries also cooperate closely in sectors such as the economy and defence, as well as emerging ones such as the digital economy and sustainability, including in carbon credits, renewable energy and food security.
In August, Thailand became the first South-east Asian country to finalise a carbon trading agreement
