PM Dr Manmohan Singh Visits Thailand -May 30 -31, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived in Bangkok on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with Thailand's PM Yingluck Shinawatra to outline the framework of a Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement and elevate bilateral ties into a "strategic partnership".

Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Thailand will be the first by an Indian premier after the 2004 visit by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee


Dr Manmohan Singh and Yingluck Shinawatra at the joint press conference at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand

During the visit, MoUs covering space, extradition, Information Technology, education, financial intelligence units to check money laundering are expected to be inked.

India and Thailand have signed an Extradition Treaty, concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to exchange intelligence related to money laundering and terrorism financing and ratified the Treaty on Transfer of Sentenced Persons, which was concluded in February 2012. 
The Extradition Treaty, inked by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Tovichakchaikul, provides the legal framework for seeking extradition of fugitives, including those involved in terrorism, transnational crimes and economic offences.
Extradition entails surrender of an alleged or convicted criminal by one state to the other.