BANGKOK (AFP) – Thailand and Russia aim to double their annual bilateral trade to $10 billion next year, Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha said Wednesday, after agreeing to cooperate on sectors from energy to tourism with visiting Russian premier Dmitry Medvedev.The two premiers met in Bangkok as Prayut, a former army chief, seeks to widen alliances amid tensions with Western nations over his coup in May last year and the kingdoms deteriorating human rights situation.For its part, Moscow has been buffeted by an economic slump deepened by sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union and United States last year …read more
Source: Dunya TV
