Russia Steps Up Efforts to Win Friends Across Southeast Asia
- Highest ranking military official to visit Bangkok in a decade
- Top diplomat Lavrov also due in Thailand later this year
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The highest ranking Russian military official to visit Thailand in a decade will wrap up four days of talks Friday as Moscow further deepens ties with Southeast Asia.
After stopping first in Laos, Colonel General Oleg Salyukov, the commander-in-chief of Russian land forces, was scheduled to meet senior Thai military officials including Defense Forces chief General Surapong Suwana-adth. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Thailand later this year to mark the 120th anniversary of bilateral relations.