The Prime Minister of Thailand congratulated the new Prime Minister of Viet Nam during a telephone conversation on 12 May 2021. Both leaders agreed to further advance the “Strengthened Strategic Partnership” and economic cooperation between the two countries. They also discussed celebration of the 45th anniversary of Thailand – Viet Nam diplomatic relations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (ROK), strengthening cooperation against COVID-19, exchanging views on the situation in Myanmar, and discussing the participation in the 2nd Partnering for Green Growth and Global Goals of 2030 (P4G) Summit to be hosted by the ROK.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed with Foreign Minister of Australia via video conference on promotion of Thai-Australia Strategic Partnership, including vaccine procurement, and Australia's proposal to elevate the ASEAN-Australia relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, as well as the recent ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting.

The Prime Minister of Thailand gave an opening remarks at the 77th Session of ESCAP and reaffirmed Thailand’s readiness to enhance partnership with other Member States in building back better and more resilient from the COVID-19 crisis, shared Thailand’s development path for a balanced, resilient and sustainable recovery through the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy Model, and emphasized the importance of integrating the “Bangkok Principles” on the implementation of the health aspects of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction into disaster response.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand reaffirmed the commitment to finalising the Roadmap and elevating relations to a strategic level, exchanged views on the role of ASEAN in the region and discussed regional situations, in a conference call with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France.