Following a meeting yesterday between Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Saudi leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, each international locations have agreed to revive diplomatic ties in the near future. The Bangkok Post stories that Thailand and Saudi Arabia will exchange ambassadors as part of the agreement.
Things have been frosty between the 2 nations since a diplomatic spat over a jewelry theft in 1989. After Thai janitor, Kriengkrai Techamong, stole gems worth round US$20 million from the Saudi royal household, shipping them home to Thailand, relations between each countries rapidly soured. Saudi Arabia downgraded diplomatic relations with Thailand in what was known as the “Blue Diamond Affair”.
Some of the jewels have by no means been recovered, including a prized blue diamond. To today, the theft of the jewels stays certainly one of Thailand’s biggest unsolved mysteries, with some of the kingdom’s prime police generals implicated within the bloody trail that followed.
A year after they have been stolen, 3 Saudi diplomats had been murdered in 3 separate assassinations on the same night. This was followed by the mysterious disappearance of Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili, a month after he witnessed one of many assassinations. In 2014, a senior police officer and four others charged with al-Ruwaili’s homicide had their case dismissed by the Criminal Court.
In an announcement yesterday, the Thai PM expressed his remorse over the occasions, including that his authorities was ready to, “raise cases to the competent authorities in the event of new, relevant evidence”, in accordance with the Bangkok Post report. Thai officers have been anxious to restore full ties with Saudi Arabia, with the three decades-long diplomatic row having cost billions of dollars in misplaced bilateral trade and tourism income, along with the lack of 1000’s of job prospects for Thai migrant staff.
Following โซล่าเซลล์ราคาถูก , Saudi Arabian Airlines took to Twitter to substantiate it will restart direct flights to Thailand from May..