On 8 November 2016, Mr. Paisan Rupanichkij, Deputy Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed Mr. Hirofumi Miyake, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Thailand to pay a courtesy call on the occasion of his new post in Thailand at TICA. In this regard, the two sides discussed cooperation in various areas including aging society and connectivity in Mekong sub-region as well as trilateral cooperation with Myanmar, Palestine and Africa.