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Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, who returned from a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, is being treated in hospital for Covid-19, the ministry’s Department of Information said on Friday.

Saudi Arabia agreed to sell fertiliser to Thailand to help ease the shortages caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) chairman Sanan Angubolkol said on Monday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will most probably attend the upcoming Asean-US Summit in person, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.

While visiting his Chinese counterpart on Saturday, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai shifted the focus to speeding up the construction of the Sino-Thai railway project, so the railway can connect Thailand to Laos route as soon as possible.

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai is scheduled to land in China today on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has accepted Thai government's invitation to visit Thailand, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Monday.

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Thursday presided over a video conference of the Overseas State Administration (Team Thailand) Committee.

The US-hosted Summit for Democracy, which Thailand did not receive an invitation to, is not a regular meeting and many Asean members were not invited either, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai revealed on Thursday that he had travelled to Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Sunday with humanitarian supplies for the neighbouring country and to hold talks with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s current leader and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

A representative of various citizen networks went to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to submit a letter objecting to the push to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), claiming that capitalists will be the main ones to benefit.

The Foreign Ministry said it would know by the end of October when the US will dispatch the latest consignment of vaccines, which may not be Pfizer.

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has expressed concern that criticism of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for political benefits could affect the relationship between Thailand and China.