On 6 July 2007, Mr. James Webb, US Senator of Virginia, and Mr. Ralph Boyce, US Ambassador to Thailand, paid a courtesy call on Mr. Sawanit Kongsiri, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who accompanied by Dr. Manaspas Xuto, Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul, Permanent Secretary, and Mrs. Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Director General of Department of American and South Pacific Affairs.