10. CONSULTATION AND DISCUSSION WITH INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT PEOPLE ON ECONOMIC, TRADE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Apart from frequency formal and informal consultation and discussions with Ambassadors and member of the Diplomatic Corp. in Bangkok, occasional meetings have been held with several internationally prominentpeople.

middot; HE President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed, The President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 2003

middot; HE Askar Akayev, The President of Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyztan, 2002

middot; Prince Alfred and Princess Raffaella of Liechtenstein, Austria, 2003

middot; HE Lt GenOmer Hassan Ahmad Albashir, The President of Republic of Sudan, 2002

middot; Yab Dato' Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Former Deputy Prime Minister amp; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, 2002, 2003, 2004

middot; HE Prof Dr Leszek Balcerowicz, President of the National Bank (NBP); Former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, 2001

middot; The Hon Lloyd Bentsen, Former Secretary of the Treasury, USA, 1997

middot; HEMs Harriet E Berg, State Secretary, The Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway, 1999

middot; HE Mr Rundheersing Manou Bheenick, Fomer Minister of Finance, Mauritius, 2002

middot; HE Mr Bernard Blaszczyk, Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy, Poland, 2001

middot; HE Dr Rene Blattmann, Former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Bolivia, 2001

middot; Hon Nandcoomar Bodha, Minister of Tourism Republic of Mauritius, 2002

middot; The Honorable Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister - Royal Palace affairs and Defense, Nepal, 2003

middot; HE Mr Keat Chhon MP, Senior Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia, 2004

middot; HE Mr Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury (MP), Minister of Commerce, Bangladesh, 2003

middot; HE Mr Karen Chshmaritian, Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Republic of Armenia, 2000

middot; Rt Hon Helen Clark MP, Leader of the Opposition , New Zealand, 1995

middot; The Hon Hendy Cowan MLA, Minister for Commerce and Trade, Government of Western Australia, Australia, 1998

middot; HE Mr Noel Dempsey TD, Minister for Education and Science, Ireland, 2002

middot; HE Prof Dr Ali Nouhoum Diallo, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Mali, Bamako; President of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 2001

middot; HE Senator Lutfo E Dlamini, Minister of Enterprise amp; Employment, Swaziland, 2002

middot; Hon Lutfo E Dlamini (Senator), Minister for Enterprise amp; Employment, Swaziland, 2003

middot; The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia, 1998

middot; HE Beley Begashaw Ejigu, Former State Minister, Former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ethiopia, Ethiopia, 2006

middot; HE Mr Alzubair Ahmed Elhassan, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Republic of Sudan, 2003

middot; HE Dr Awad Ahmed Eljazz, Minister of Energy amp; Mining, Republic of Sudan, 2003

middot; HE Mr Salvador M Enriquez Jr, Former Secretary of Finance, The Philippines, 1998

middot; HE Ms Bennita Fernado-Waldner, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria, 1998

middot; HE Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia, 2003

middot; HE Prof Dr Ferenc Glatz, Former Minister of Culture and Education of the Republic of Hungary, 2001

middot; HRH Prince Guduza (Senator), Minister of Economic Planning amp; Development, Swaziland, 2002

middot; The HonGen Alexander Haig Jr, Former Secretary of State, USA, 1997

middot; HE Mr Hidipo L Hamutenya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Namibia 2003

middot; The Hon Phillip Honeywood, Minister for Tertiary Education amp; Training, Australia, 1997

middot; The Hon John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia, 1998

middot; DrGeorge Jarzembowski, Member of the European Parliament, Germany, 1998

middot; Hon Deelchand Jeeha MP, Minister of Information Technology amp; Telecommunications, Republic of Mauritius, 2002

middot; The Rt Hon Sir Aneerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2002

middot; HE Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, Vice President of Uganda, Uganda, 2002

middot; HE Sir Ketumile Ketumile, Former President, Botswana, 2002

middot; HE Mr Ravy Khek, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia, 2000

middot; Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia, 2003

middot; HE Mr Jerzy Kropiwnicki, President, Government Centre for Strategic Studies, and Minister of Regional Development and Construction, Poland, 2001

middot; HE Mr AleksanderKwasniewski, President of the Republic of Poland, 2004

middot; HE Lee Kuan Yew, Senior Minister, Singapore, 2003

middot; HE Mr Lee Yock Suan, Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Indonesia, 1997

middot; Hon Arcibald Lesao Lehohla, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training, LESOTHO, Swaziland, 2003

middot; Her Excellency Ms Paula Lehtomaki, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development, Finland, 2004

middot; HE Mr David T E Lim, Minister, Minister of State for Defense and Information amp; The Arts, Singapore,1998, 2001

middot; Hon DR J M Made, Minister ofLands Agriculture amp; Rural Resettlementof The Republic of Zimbabwe, 2002, 2003

middot; HE Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister of National Development, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2000

middot; HE Mr Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland ; Chairman, Committee for the European Integration in the Sejm, Warsaw, Poland, 2001

middot; HE President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, 2003

middot; HE Mrs Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, 2002

middot; HE Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, Prime Minister of Mozambique, Mozambique, 2002

middot; Yab Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Malaysia, 2002, 2003

middot; HE Mr S B Mookherjee, Minister of State Statistics amp; Prog. Implementation Planning, Atomic Energy, Space and Commerce amp; Industry, Republic of India, 2003

middot; The Rt Hon Mr Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho, Lesotho, 2002

middot; HEMr Amre M Moussa, Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, 1996

middot; His Majesty King HE Mswati III, King of Swaziland,2002

middot; Hon Dr I S G Mudenge, Minister of Foreign Affairsof The Republic of Zimbabwe, 2003

middot; HE PresidentRobertGabrielMugabe,The President of The Republic of Zimbabwe,2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

middot; Hon Dr Samuel Creighton Mumbengegwi, Minister of Industry and International Tradeof The Republic of Zimbabwe, 2003

middot; Hon H Murerwa, Minister of Finance of The Republic of Zimbabwe, 2003

middot; HE President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, The President of the Republic of Uganda, 2003

middot; HE Ms Sue Napier, Deputy Premier, Minister for Educationamp; Vocational Training, Australia, 1996

middot; Mr Karl-Heinz Narjes, Former Vice President of the European Commission, 1999

middot; His Excellency Mr S R Nathan, President, The Republic of Singapore, 2004

middot; The Hon Boris Y Nemtsov, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Russia, 1999

middot; Hon F Nhema, Minister of Environment amp; Tourism of The Republic of Zimbabwe, 2003

middot; The Hon Reverend Abednego M Ntshangase, Minister of Foreign Affairs amp; Trade, Swaziland, 2002

middot; HE Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia, Namibia, 2002

middot; HE Mr Jesaya N Nyamu MP, Honourable Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Nambia, 2003

middot; HE Mr Karl Offmann, President, Republic of Mauritius, 2002

middot; HE Mr Won-Soon Park, Secretaryndash;General, Peoplersquo;s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), Republic of Korea, 2001

middot; HE Sandra Del Rosario Suarez Perez, Former Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Colombia, 2006

middot; HSH Prince Radu of Hohenzollern - Veringen, Romania, 2004

middot; HE Mr President Fidel V Ramos, The Philippines, 1994

middot; YAB Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, 2004

middot; HE Mr Arun Shourie, Minister of Disinvestment Communication and Information Technology, Republic of India, 2003

middot; HE Dr Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister, President of Committee for Planning and Cooperation, Lao PDR, 2004

middot; The Hon Lockwood Smith, Minister of International Trade, New Zealand, 1998

middot; HE President Megawati Soekarnoputri, President of the Republic of Indonesia, 2003

middot; HE Madam Rini Soewandi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Indonesia, 2003

middot; HE Mr Ion Sturza, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, 2001

middot; HE Mr Frederick Tluway Sumaye, Former Prime Minister, Government of Tanzania, Tanzania, 2006

middot; Hon Jim Sutton, Minister for Trade Negotiations, New Zealand, 2003

middot; Mr Chino Tadao, President, Asian Development Bank, The Philippines, 1999

middot; The HonKamal Thapa, Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal, 1998

middot; Madam Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam, 1999

middot; Datuk Dr Leo Michael Toyad, Minister of the Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia, 2004

middot; HE Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, 2003

middot; HE Mr Hans van Mierlo, Deputy Prime Minister, The Netherlands, 1998

middot; Senator The Hon Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Justice and Customs, Australia, 2000

middot; HE Mr Knut Vollebaek, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2000

middot; Mr Vu Mao, Member of the Standing Committee and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly of the SR Vietnam, The Foreign Affairs Committee National Assembly of the SR Vietnam, 2004

middot; HE Mr Wang Guang Ya, Vice Foreign Minister, China, 2003

middot; HE Dr Manfred Wegner, Former Deputy Directorndash;General, Directorate General Economy and Finance, European Commision, Brussels; Founding President, Institute for Economic Research, Halle, Brussels, Belgium, 2001

middot; HE Mr George Yong-Boon Yeo, Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore, 1999, 2001

middot; HE Dr Nikolai P Zaichenko, First Deputy Minister, Minister of Economy Republic of Belarus, Republic of Belarus, 2003

middot; HE Mr Jacob Zuma, Deputy President of South Africa, South Africa, 2002