Anutin to Welcome Timor-Leste PM on First Thailand Visit in 13 Years, October 9-10
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Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is preparing to welcome Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on an official visit to Thailand as a guest of the government from October 9-10, 2026. It marks the first official visit to Thailand by a Timor-Leste prime minister in 13 years, since 2013, and the first since Timor-Leste became a member of ASEAN in October 2025. Government spokesperson Ekapop Pienpiset said the two prime ministers will discuss ways to elevate cooperation in the economy, trade and investment, agriculture and food security, development, public health, human resource development, energy, tourism, the military and security, as well as the promotion of people-to-people ties, and will push for the establishment of a bilateral consultation mechanism between the foreign ministries. On Friday, October 9, 2026, there will be an official welcoming ceremony at Government House, full delegation talks, an exchange of a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of the bilateral consultation mechanism, a joint press conference, and an official luncheon.