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<p>We have regular discussions at Ministerial and senior official level with the Thai
authorities on political developments in Thailand. We expect elections to be held
before May 2019, and we look forward to the precise date being confirmed soon. We
welcomed the Thai government’s lifting of some political restrictions on 11 December.
But it is important that this leads to a free and open environment in which elections
can occur. The Prime Minister raised this with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha during
his visit to the UK in June, as did the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field
MP, with the Thai Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the UK, General Chatchalerm, on
13 December.</p><p></p>
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