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Thailand hopes parties involved in the situation in the Taiwan strait will resolve their differences through peaceful means, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat said on Wednesday.

US President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, within the coming days at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries.

South Korea and China have agreed to cooperate to resolve North Korean issues amid rising tensions after Pyongyang test-launched a record eight ballistic missiles last Sunday.

The last group of 27 Thais are finally heading home from war-ravaged Ukraine, the Royal Thai Embassy in Warsaw announced in a Facebook post on Monday.

A fire has broken out at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, following an attack by Russian forces, Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Friday.

The U.S. military said on Wednesday (March 02) it will postpone a scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, in a bid to lower soaring tensions after Russia announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert.

The first batch of 38 Thai evacuees from Ukraine touched down at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday morning via Thai Airways Flight TG923 from Bucharest, Romania.

Ukrainians and their supporters in Thailand held demonstrations in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket to protest the war in their homeland on Sunday.

Some 50 Ukraine nationals and supporters marched down Bangkok’s “Green Mile” from Lumpini Park to Benjakitti Park on Sunday calling for peace and condemning Russia’s invasion of their country.

The first batch of 236 Thai evacuees from Ukraine are due to arrive back in Thailand from Tuesday to Friday (March 1-4), the Royal Thai Embassy in Warsaw said.

Asean foreign ministers in a joint statement on Saturday urged Russia and Ukraine to exercise restraint, make an effort to pursue dialogue and de-escalate tensions by seeking a peaceful resolution.

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have not affected the Thailand-UK aviation route, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Thursday.