PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is currently in Saudi Arabia in an effort to revive Thai-Saudi economic and diplomatic relations. Experts say the journey, which is the first authorities trip between the two nations after 30 years, is a big breakthrough after three a long time of tense relations between the 2 nations.
Relations first turned chilly in 1989 after the Blue Diamond Affair when a Thai cleaner working within the Saudi royal palace stole US$20 million price of jewels from the palace. After the affair, two gunmen shot and killed three Saudi diplomats in Bangkok. There are a variety of theories regarding what the assassinations had been about.
Prayut’s journey was initiated by Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman inviting him. The trip will last a brief two days, during which era he’ll make efforts to renew the export of Thai labourers to Saudi Arabia. Once the two country’s relations are normalised, Saudi Arabia will raise restrictions it enforced against Thailand after the Blue Diamond Affair. These restrictions included replacing the head of its diplomatic mission with a cost d’affaires, prohibiting Saudi Arabian nationals from travelling to Thailand, and prohibiting Thai employees from being employed in Saudi Arabia.
The lifting of these measures will open labour, trade, and funding between the nations. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ ราคา informed the Bangkok Post that both nations would profit from renewed cooperation..