PM Lawrence Wong meeting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of the Asean Summits in Vientiane. - PHOTO: MDDI
VIENTIANE, Laos (The Straits Times/ANN): Over three days, new Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra held what must be a record 15 individual meetings with world leaders. Remarkably, she managed all of these and a litany of nearly 20 other meetings at the annual Asean leaders’ gathering in Vientiane.
Laos, one of the smallest Asean member states with a population of seven million, took over in January as the rotating chair of the grouping of South-East Asian nations in 2024.
