Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha left Thailand for a three-day official visit to Japan, his first visit after taking power from the civilian government on May 22.
The prime minister left for Tokyo at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.Gen Prayut’s visit is to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries, particularly the dual track rail development in Thailand, development of the Dawei Special Economic Zone in Myanmar and the promotion of Thailand-Japan trade and investment.
The key to this trip will be economics. With Japan being Thailand's biggest foreign investor (300,000 million baht in 2013) and second-largest trading partner (1.9 trillion baht in 2013).
During the three-day visit, the two countries are expected to sign a memorandum of intent on developing the dual track rail project, a memorandum of cooperation on promoting businessin each country and private business cooperation in third countries.
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