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<p>We continue to follow political developments in Thailand closely. We expect elections
to be held in February 2019 in accordance with the timetable published by the Thai
Election Commission. We welcome the Thai government’s lifting of political restrictions
on 11 December, and hope this will lead to a free and open environment in which elections
can occur. We have regular dialogue at Ministerial and senior official level with
the Thai authorities and have urged them to invite international observers to monitor
the upcoming elections. 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 the Commonwealth
and UN, Lord Ahmad, with the Thai Ambassador on 2 November.</p><p></p>
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