Wang reaffirms China's commitment to Bangkok in a meeting with Thai princess Sirindhorn

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Friday, expressing the willingness to work with Thailand to make bilateral relations better and more amicable.

Calling her as an old friend of the Chinese people, Wang said Sirindhorn symbolized that China and Thailand are as?close?as?family and welcomed her to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which will kick off later today.

In the face of the once-in-a-century pandemic, Wang said China and Thailand stood with each other with unity and solidarity to tide over difficulties.

China was the first country to provide vaccines to and also the biggest source of the vaccines of Thailand, Wang noted, adding China would continue to provide vaccines to Thailand in line with its needs until the country totally prevails over the pandemic.

Wang said China earnestly honors its commitment to making vaccines a global public good and has offered over 2.1 billion vaccines to developing countries.

Wang also said China highly appreciated that the Thai royal family always pursues friendly China policy and would make joint efforts with Thailand to make bilateral relations better and more amicable.

Sirindhorn thanked China for helping Thailand fight the pandemic and highly appraised bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various fields.

Noting she has visited China nearly 50 times, Sirindhorn said she plans to publish a new book to introduce history and achievements of the Communist Party of China, adding she would continue to visit China and further deepen research to this end.

In response, Wang appreciated her move and presented her with books and albums of paintings of the Party.

Wang also said in order to understand China, one must learn the Party first and if one could recognize the flesh-and-blood bond between the Party and the people, they can see clearly bright prospects of China's future.

Both sides noted that the two countries would continue to strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, such as education and culture, youth exchanges, traditional medicine and technological innovation, so as to inject sustained impetus into bilateral relations and cultivate more successors of China-Thailand friendship.