CHIANG MAI : Thailand has offered to convene a meeting with Laos and China on a high-speed train project linking the three countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Sunday.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, her Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong, fourth from left, and their respective cabinet members hold hands as they attend the 2nd Joint Cabinet Retreat in Chiang Mai yesterday. (GOVERNMENT PHOTO)
The offer, tabled in talks between the Thai and Lao cabinets yesterday, underlines Thailand's concern about a delay to the project on the Lao side.
Ms Yingluck said after meeting Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and his cabinet that Thailand had conveyed its concerns about the delay, which could lead to a setback in the regional plan to build a railroad link.
Thailand will build four high-speed train lines, one of them from Bangkok to Nong Khai province. That route will then travel through southern China to Vientiane, the Lao capital.
China has offered to build the train project in Laos but it is being delayed because of disputes about the Chinese support.
