Prime Minister of Thailand General Surayud Chulanont with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a welcome ceremony at Rashtrapati  Bhavan in New Delhi on June 26.

Chulanont is in India for a three-day official visit and the leaders are expected to focus on economic issues.

Surayud, a former army chief, will also meet President A P J Abdul Kalam, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and discuss with them a number of bilateral and global issues.

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