VietNamNet Bridge- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans to visit Laos, Vietnam, India and Peru next month, Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry sources said Friday.

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (Photo: Xinhua)

According to reports by the Bangkok Post, a local English newspaper, a previous plan to pay a visit to Laos and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) earlier in October was scuttled by political instability in Thailand.

Besides Laos, Somchai also plans to visit Hanoi on Nov. 6 and 7 to attend the third Summit of the Arrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, a rivers-related regional development forum.

After attending the summit, Somchai will attend the annual meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation in New Delhi on Nov. 12 and 13 and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru on Nov. 21 to 23, Thani said.

Somchai has been the target of protests led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), an anti-government group, since he took office.

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