Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra plans Russia, US visits

Prime minister to make kingdom’s case for seat on UN Security Council; Moscow visit set for December, no confirmation of a date yet from Washington

PRIME MINISTER Yingluck Shinawatra is planning to visit the United States and Russia, two of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), sometime this year to secure their backing for Thailand’s bid to serve in the UNSC in 2017-18.

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