New Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh. - The Nation Thailand/ANN
VIENTIANE, April 11 (Xinhua): New Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh held phone conversations with his Thai counterpart Gen. Prayut Chan-O-Cha to strengthen traditional friendship and cooperation between Laos and Thailand, Lao News Agency (KPL) has reported.
During the talks on Thursday, the Thai Prime Minister expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Phankham upon the latter's election as the new Laos' prime minister.
Phankham expressed sincere thanks to his Thai counterpart for extending to him warm congratulations upon his assumption to the post and expressed gratitude to the government of Thailand upon its support of human resource development in the Laos through providing long-term and short-term scholarships especially in the priority areas of education and sports, agriculture, and health.