The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the third Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) will open officially on 15 June.

Logo of the event (Source: Internet)

Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Busadee Santipitak, disclosed that on 15 June, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha and the leaders of Myanmar and Cambodia will make their opening remarks on ACMECS 2018, which is in session from 14-16 June at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok.

The event will begin with a Business Forum on 14 June before the leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand hold a joint meeting to discuss a five year ACMECS Master Plan on 16 June.

The leaders will also validate the Bangkok Declaration to announce their determination to push ACMECS towards progress in all respects.

(Source: VNA)