{"id":147156,"date":"2025-07-17T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147156\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-top-diplomat-negotiating-visa-free-travel-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147156\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 top diplomat negotiating visa-free travel in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tailand_flag_markus-winkler_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Markus Winkler \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 17, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d and his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa expressed mutual interest in signing agreements on visa-free travel and direct flights as soon as possible, as they met in Bangkok yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, speaker of the Thai parliament, was also present at the meeting, the Belarusian foreign ministry reported. Thailand is currently reviewing draft agreements, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ry\u017eanko\u016d\u2019s visit to Thailand, the first in the history of bilateral relations, also featured a meeting with Deputy Commerce Minister Chantawit Tantasith. Officials signed an intergovernmental memorandum providing for setting up a joint committee on trade and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thai side suggested that the committee should be chaired by foreign ministers to ensure its effectiveness, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Thailand&#8217;s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has been recently suspended\u00a0from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, congratulated Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on extending his 30-year rule in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus&#8217; trade with Thailand amounted to $134.9 million in 2021, with Belarusian exports at $94.8 million, according to the Belarusian embassy in Vietnam that oversees relations with Thailand. Belarusian authorities have not disclosed more recent data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 top diplomat rails against \u201cdigital colonialism\u201d at BRICS summit<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 7, Pozirk. Minsk opposes \u201ctechnological monopolization and digital colonialism,\u201d Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d told participants in the BRICS summit in Brazil\u2019s Rio de Janeiro yesterday, Belarusian foreign ministry reported. BRICS brings together technological leaders with immense scientific potential &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/145575\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, Pozirk. Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d and his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa expressed mutual interest in signing agreements on visa-free travel and direct flights as soon as possible, as they met in Bangkok yesterday. Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, speaker of the Thai parliament, was also present at the meeting, the Belarusian foreign ministry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":147148,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-147156","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 top diplomat negotiating visa-free travel in Thailand | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 17, Pozirk. 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