Thai PM Visits Saudis in Diplomatic Thaw

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has visited Saudi Arabia in the first high-level meeting between the two countries since a diplomatic row over a jewellery theft nearly 30 years ago, Al Jazeera reported.

Saudi Arabia downgraded its relations with Bangkok following the theft in 1989 of about $20 million worth of jewels by a Thai janitor working in the palace of a Saudi prince. The theft of the gems by Thai janitor Kriangkrai Techamong triggered a spate of murders in Bangkok and a feud between the countries dubbed the “Blue Diamond Affair”.

Read the full report: Al Jazeera.

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