Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The leader of Thailand's military junta said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump assured him that ties would become "closer than ever before", marking an abrupt change in stance from the one taken by Washington following the coup in 2014.
Trump invited Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the White House in separate telephone calls over the weekend as he sought to shore up regional support amid mounting U.S. tensions with North Korea.
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