​On 9 December 2022, Mr. Sarun Charoensuwan, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had a bilateral meeting with Mrs. Julieta Valls Noyes, the United States’ Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration, during the latter’s visit to Thailand from 7 – 10 December 2022.

Mrs. Noyes commended Thailand for its long-standing contribution in assisting and protecting a large number of displaced persons in the region. Both sides exchanged information and views on the humanitarian situations and the provision of humanitarian assistance to people in need, including possibilities to cooperate in providing durable solutions for them. On this occasion, the Thai side reaffirmed its readiness to assist and cooperate with the United States in accordance with Thailand’s national policies and laws, international humanitarian principles, and humanitarian tradition.