{"id":40442,"date":"2025-04-05T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=40442"},"modified":"2025-04-05T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:30:11","slug":"india-thailand-strategic-partnership-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/05-04-2025\/india-thailand-strategic-partnership-declaration","title":{"rendered":"Declaration on the Establishment of India-Thailand Strategic Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Syllabus : GS 2\/IR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Thailand to attend the 6th BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India-Thailand Strategic Partnership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Historical Background : \u00a0 <\/strong>India and Thailand share a long history of warm and cordial relations, with diplomatic ties established in 1947.\n
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    • Both countries celebrated the 75th anniversary of these relations in 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Cooperation areas\u00a0 :\u00a0 <\/strong>bilateral ties cover a broad range of areas, including trade, investment, defence, security, connectivity, culture, tourism, education, science, and technology, as well as people-to-people exchanges.\n
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      • Thailand’s ‘Act West’ policy complements India’s ‘Act East’ policy, and Thailand is an important maritime neighbor to India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Multilateral framework : <\/strong>Regionally, Thailand plays a key role in various multilateral frameworks with India, such as ASEAN, the East Asia Summit (EAS), BIMSTEC, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), and ACMECS, reinforcing their strong and strategic partnership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Defence Cooperation<\/strong>: India and Thailand’s defence ties are formalized through the Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation, signed on January 25, 2012.\n
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        • These include regular defence dialogues, joint maritime patrols, annual staff talks, training exchanges, and participation in trilateral\/multilateral military exercises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Economic & Commercial Cooperation:<\/strong> Bilateral trade between India and Thailand has significantly increased in recent years.\n
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          • \u00a0In FY 2023-2024, Thailand was India’s 21st largest trading partner, with a total trade value of approximately USD 14.94 billion.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • In 2024, India became Thailand’s 11th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching around USD 17.5 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Cultural and Tourism Cooperation and Connectivity: <\/strong>The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Bangkok, opened in 2009, promotes cultural ties.\n
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            • The India-Thailand Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) for 2022-2027 was signed in December 2022.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Tourism<\/strong>: India and Thailand are closely connected by over 400 weekly flights across 15 Indian cities.\n
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              • In 2024, around 2.1 million Indian tourists visited Thailand, making up 6% of the total foreign visitors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • \u00a0To enhance people-to-people ties, India offers a 30-day e-tourist visa to Thai nationals, and Thailand has extended a 60-day visa-free entry for Indian passport holders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Education Cooperation:<\/strong> The MoU on Education Cooperation was signed in 2005. India offers about 75 scholarships annually to Thai nationals and 1,000 Ph.D. fellowships to ASEAN countries, including 100 for Thailand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Indian Diaspora in Thailand:<\/strong> The Indian-origin population in Thailand is estimated at 4-5 lakh, including over 25,000 NRIs.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Latest Developments:\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Both countries discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including defence, trade, education, health, culture, and security.\n
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                • Several MoUs were exchanged, and a new India-Thailand Strategic Partnership was established, aimed at strengthening their relationship across various sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Source :PIB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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