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Thai PM Chuan holds talks with ASEAN delegates

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) holds a meeting with some ASEAN delegates at his office in Bangkok on July 24 on the sidelines of a July 24-25 meeting of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers. The ASEAN ministers are due to hold regional security talks later this week with Japan, China, South and North Korea, the United States, Russia and the European Union.

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Thai Premier Chuan meets Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on June 9 prior to their talks. Chuan met with Mori after attending the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi the previous day.

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Thai Premier Chuan expresses condolences over Obuchi's death

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai pays his respects to the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo obuchi as he signs his name in the guest book at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok on May 18. Obuchi died on May 14, six weeks after lapsing into a stroke-induced coma.

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Thai premier have talks with Japanese leaders

Tokyo, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) gesture visiting Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (C) to take a seat prior to their talks at the prime minister's official residence Oct. 27. Their talks ranged from East Timor to Japanese aid to Thailand.

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Thai premier gives an interview

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 26. He suggested Thailand would accept a leading role in U.N. peacekeeping operations during East Timor's transition to independence if asked to do so by the United Nations.

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Thai premier meets press before visiting Japan

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai meets a group of Japanese reporters at his official residence in Bangkok on Oct. 22 before visiting Japan from Oct. 23.

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Thai military team leaves for E. Timor

BANGKOK, Thailand - Maj. Gen. Songkitti Jaggabatra (L), who has been appointed deputy commander of the international force for East Timor, talks with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) prior to departure for Darwin, Australia, on Sept. 17. His 33-member advance team of Thai armed forces will join Australian forces in Darwin as U.N. peacekeepers in East Timor and will proceed to Dili on Sept. 18.

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics.

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Chuan starts work on first subway in Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (2nd from L with glasses) activates the engine of an earthmover Friday Feb. 5 in a ceremony marking the start of work to dig double tunnels for Bangkok's first subway line. Part of the 20-kilometer subway is scheduled to go into operation in 2002.

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Thai Premier Chuan expresses condolences over Obuchi's death

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai pays his respects to the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo obuchi as he signs his name in the guest book at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok on May 18. Obuchi died on May 14, six weeks after lapsing into a stroke-induced coma.

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Thai PM Chuan holds talks with ASEAN delegates

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) holds a meeting with some ASEAN delegates at his office in Bangkok on July 24 on the sidelines of a July 24-25 meeting of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers. The ASEAN ministers are due to hold regional security talks later this week with Japan, China, South and North Korea, the United States, Russia and the European Union.

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Obuchi waves at UNCTAD meeting in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi waves at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting in Bangkok on Feb. 12 before attending at a luncheon hosted by Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai. Obuchi arrived in Bangkok on Feb. 12 for a two-day visit for the weeklong UNCTAD meeting.

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Obuchi talks with Chuan

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) holds talks with his Thai counterpart Chuan Leekpai (2nd from L) at the premier's office in Bangkok on Jan. 13.

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Thai premier have talks with Japanese leaders

Tokyo, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) gesture visiting Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (C) to take a seat prior to their talks at the prime minister's official residence Oct. 27. Their talks ranged from East Timor to Japanese aid to Thailand.

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Thai premier gives an interview

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 26. He suggested Thailand would accept a leading role in U.N. peacekeeping operations during East Timor's transition to independence if asked to do so by the United Nations.

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Thai premier meets press before visiting Japan

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai meets a group of Japanese reporters at his official residence in Bangkok on Oct. 22 before visiting Japan from Oct. 23.

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Thai military team leaves for E. Timor

BANGKOK, Thailand - Maj. Gen. Songkitti Jaggabatra (L), who has been appointed deputy commander of the international force for East Timor, talks with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) prior to departure for Darwin, Australia, on Sept. 17. His 33-member advance team of Thai armed forces will join Australian forces in Darwin as U.N. peacekeepers in East Timor and will proceed to Dili on Sept. 18.

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics. ==Kyodo

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Chuan starts work on first subway in Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (2nd from L with glasses) activates the engine of an earthmover Friday Feb. 5 in a ceremony marking the start of work to dig double tunnels for Bangkok's first subway line. Part of the 20-kilometer subway is scheduled to go into operation in 2002. ==Kyodo