On 4 July 2025, Ms. Pinsuda Jayanama, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations, met with Mr. Juan Pedro Schaerer, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in Bangkok, on the occasion of the latter’s farewell call and the introduction of Mr. Jürg Montani, incoming Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation.

The Director-General thanked Mr. Schaerer for the close collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs throughout his term in office, and expressed readiness to continue working closely with Mr. Montani and ICRC Regional Delegation in Bangkok.

The two sides exchanged views on humanitarian situations in various parts of the world and ICRC’s Global Initiative to Galvanise Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law. Both sides also expressed readiness to work together to promote awareness and understanding on international humanitarian law in Thailand and the region. In this regard, both sides look forward to the visit to Thailand by Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the ICRC, to deliver a lecture at the 11th Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on 18 August 2025, which is co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Red Cross Society.