On Friday, 30 June 2017, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Russian Federation, hosted a dinner in honour of Mrs. Wanvilai Promlakano, Vice of Governor of Bangkok and executives of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration during their visit to the Russian Federation to attend the 4^th WeGO General Assembly in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.

The WeGO General Assembly is a forum being held once every 3 years to discuss the progress of e-Government and its application to each cities administration. This year, the main theme of the discussion is how to bring start-up business to help solve issues in each city and encourage development of local innovations.

In this occasion, the Ambassador and Vice governor of Bangkok had a chance to discuss cooperation between The Royal Thai Embassy in Moscow and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to organise the Thai Festival in Moscow 2017 on 26 – 27 August 2017 at Muzeon Park of Arts with a theme of “Thailand 4.0”. The Vice governor has express keen interest in taking part with this year’s Thai Festival in celebration of the 120^th Anniversary of Russian-Thai Diplomatic Relation, and will consider the format of activity that Bangkok Metropolitan Administration would hold, such as tourism promotion or local product showcase.