Kuala Lumpur, July 11 (AseanAll) — On July 10, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with met with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa in Kuala Lumpur.
Wang Yi said that under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Thai leaders, new and practical results have been made continuously in the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future. Both sides grandly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Thailand diplomatic relations and "the Golden Jubilee of China-Thailand Friendship". The leaders of the two countries exchanged congratulatory messages, enriching the contemporary connotation of "China and Thailand being as close as one family". China firmly supports Thailand in successfully and steadily following a development path that suits its national conditions. China has always placed the development of China-Thailand relations in an important position in its neighborhood diplomacy and is ready to work with Thailand to promote the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future to a higher level and greater depth.
Wang Yi stated that China is ready to deepen the convergence of interests with Thailand, seek further synergy of development strategies, and create new growth drivers such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, cross-border e-commerce, and green development to empower the modernization processes of both countries. Wang Yi called on the two sides to accelerate the construction of the China-Thailand Railway and give play to the demonstration effect of major projects to promote the implementation of the vision of interconnected development of China, Laos and Thailand.
Wang Yi said that the abuse of tariffs by the United States undermines the free trade system and disrupt the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. He expressed the belief that Thailand and other ASEAN countries will safeguard their respective legitimate interests, resist unilateralism, power politics and bullying acts, deepen the building of a community with a shared future among Lancang-Mekong countries, and promote the sound development of East Asian cooperation. China is committed to signing the protocol for the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area within the year to expand the common market and safeguard the rules of the World Trade Organization and the multilateral trading system with concrete actions.
Wang Yi emphasized that both Thailand and Cambodia are China's good neighbors and good friends. Regarding the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, China hopes that both sides will act in goodwill towards each other and properly resolve the issue through friendly dialogue and consultation, so as to deescalate the situation and restore stability at an early date. China will uphold an objective and impartial stance and play a constructive role in promoting harmonious coexistence between Thailand and Cambodia.
Maris Sangiampongsa said that China is a reliable friend of Thailand. Over the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two sides have maintained mutual trust and respected each other's core interests. Thailand and China continue to be as close as one family, and new results have been achieved constantly in the building of a Thailand-China community with a shared future. Thailand firmly abides by the one-China principle and looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, enhancing cooperation in areas such as connectivity, economy and trade, agriculture, and combating transnational crimes, and deepening Lancang-Mekong Cooperation to better achieve common development. Thailand firmly supports multilateralism, stays committed to safeguarding the multilateral trading system, and hopes to restore the normal trade order at an early date. Territorial and border issues cannot be resolved by force.
Maris Sangiampongsa thanked China for upholding an objective and fair stance and advocating for peace and talks. The Thai side is ready to resolve disputes by consultation through bilateral channels in the spirit of good-neighborliness and friendship.
