On August 19, 2023, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Beijing with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai who came to China for a working visit.
Wang Yi said that China and Thailand are as close as one family. The friendship with China is the consensus of the ruling and opposition parties of Thailand and the shared wish of people from the two countries, and the development of bilateral relations is not affected by changes in the international landscape or the domestic situation in Thailand. He believes that Thailand will maintain its stability and sustained development. The Chinese side is ready to work with the Thai side to jointly implement the important outcomes achieved in President Xi Jinping's visit to Thailand last November, make concerted efforts to advance the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future, and join hands to address all challenges.
Wang Yi said that China stands ready to work with Thailand to deepen cooperation in various fields and strive for more visualized results of the China-Laos-Thailand Connectivity Development Corridor Outlook. The two sides need to speed up the construction of the China-Thailand railway and the China-Laos-Thailand railway connection lines, and jointly crack down on telecom fraud and other transnational criminal activities. China is ready to continue to firmly support the building of the ASEAN Community, support the upholding of the ASEAN centrality, and support the joint efforts to build an economic growth center, to constantly inject new impetus into regional economic integration. Through deepening the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, the two sides can create a pioneer zone for the Global Development Initiative, a pilot zone for the Global Security Initiative, and a demonstration zone where the Global Civilization Initiative is best implemented, and build an even closer Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future. China stands ready to work with ASEAN countries to speed up the advancement of consultations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, strive for the early formation of effective and substantive regional rules, and build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. Wang Yi said that all countries should guard against forces outside the region provoking camp-based confrontation and instigating the Cold War mentality, which will undermine the hard-won peaceful and stable situation.
Don Pramudwinai said that Thailand-China relations are strong, delivering enormous well-being for the people of the two countries. Under the current situation of rising international and regional uncertainties, Thailand is ready to further strengthen dialogue and exchanges with China, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, promote the China-Laos-Thailand railway connection, and work for common development. Thailand applauds the fact that China is the first to express the readiness to sign the Protocol to the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone. Thailand supports the alignment of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and the Belt and Road Initiative, supports deepening the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, and supports building the South China Sea into a sea of peace, cooperation and stability. Thailand opposes the zero-sum game mentality and camp-based confrontation, welcomes the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and believes that China's initiatives set examples for the whole world.
The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the Myanmar issue, agreeing to make efforts to advance the process of a political solution to the Myanmar issue and supporting the resolution of the Myanmar issue in the ASEAN way.
Both sides also had an exchange of views on international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern.