Panitan from the PMs office emphasized the importance of resolving the Saudi businessman murder case to Thailands strategy of economic recovery through targeting new markets for Thai agricultural products and labor and sources of investment, including the Gulf States. Panitan said that PM Abhisit had visited Qatar; Bahrain and the U.A.E. were also on Thailands radar, but the key to better relations with all the Gulf states would be fixing the relationship with Saudi Arabia.