On 16 October 2026, H.E. Mr. Sarun Charoensuwan, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, attended a meeting between H.E. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister, and H.E. Mr. Pablo Kang, Ambassador of Australia to Thailand, accompanied by the Australian institutional investors, along with representatives from the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on the sidelines of the 2026 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening foreign investors’ confidence by promoting transparency and good governance, as well as undertaking regulatory reforms to facilitate investment. The Prime Minister also highlighted Thailand’s target of becoming a member of the OECD by 2028. The Prime Minister further underscored Thailand’s potential as a regional business and logistics hub and invited Australian institutional investors to expand their investments in Thailand, particularly in the capital market, agriculture and food industries, clean energy, digital technology, advanced manufacturing, education, and infrastructure projects in Thailand, for which the government plans to mobilise funding. The Prime Minister also expressed his pleasure at the prospect of welcoming the Australian Prime Minister to Thailand in 2027 to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Australian institutional investors delegation expressed interest in Thailand’s infrastructure projects, digital development, and energy transition, and proposed expanding educational cooperation, including through university partnerships to facilitate knowledge transfer and develop Thailand’s human resources.

The Australian institutional investors delegation comprised senior representatives from 20 major Australian institutional investors and investment funds, with combined assets of approximately AUD 2 trillion (around THB 47 trillion). The delegation expressed interest in investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, particularly in infrastructure, the energy transition, sustainable finance, and private-market investments.