THE I DIPLOMAT
By Sebastian Strangio
April 29, 2024
The unexpected resignation comes at a time when the Thai policy toward its troubled neighbor remains in flux.
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara visits Mae Sot, on the country’s border with Myanmar, on April 12, 2024. Credit: X/Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has unexpectedly resigned, leaving the ministry without leadership at a crucial point in the country’s approach to the conflict in Myanmar. Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, who took up his post when Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin took office in early September, said yesterday that he was stepping after a cabinet shuffle saw him lose the post of deputy prime minister.