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The Defence Ministry carefully spends its limited budget on weapon purchases to make sure that Thailand is well prepared to defend itself if necessary, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told Parliament on Thursday.

Norwegian Air has agreed to buy 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and secured options for a further 30 of the planes at an undisclosed price, the budget carrier said on Monday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has invited the public to monitor the 2023 budget bill debate in Parliament on Tuesday, when he will defend its Bt3.18 trillion expenditure.

The Japanese government and ruling parties plan to begin discussions to boost the country’s defence budget in the next fiscal year and beyond after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told U.S. President Joe Biden that Japan will secure “a substantial increase” in its defence budget.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft budget of THB3.18 trillion for fiscal year 2023.

The office of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has asked for between 30 billion and 40 billion won ($2.46 million-3.28 million) in reserve government funds for its project to move the presidential office out of Cheong Wa Dae after talks with related agencies, officials said Sunday.

The Defence Ministry has been allocated Bt197.292 billion under the draft Fiscal Year 2023 budget bill approved by the Cabinet.

The government has disbursed 44.4 billion baht of budget to Transport Ministry as of the end of February, or 24.35 per cent of the total budget allotted to the ministry for the fiscal year 2022 at 208.4 billion baht, said Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Friday.

The government has slashed the yearly budget for taking care of rescued wild animals from 90 million baht to just 10 million baht, prompting the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to seek food donations from wholesale giant Siam Makro.

The main political parties in the Netherlands are discussing a new approach to climate-related investments that would mean they dont count toward the countrys headline budget deficit.

Parliament president Chuan Leekpai ruled on Tuesday that Parliament will debate the 2022 Budget Act as scheduled this month despite emergency law and travel restrictions.

The draft fiscal 2022 budget bill was approved in principle by the House of Representatives in a vote on Wednesday night.