On 17 January 2017 Ambassador Pornchai Danvivathana chaired the ASEAN Pretoria Committee Meeting in South Africa

In compliance with the new visa exemption regulation issued by the Ministry of Interior dated 26 May 2016, nationals entitled to a 30-visa exemption (as indicated in the list below, including South Africa) are eligible to enter Thailand without visa through land border checkpoints only twice a calendar year. The entering through international airports will not be affected by this regulation. The implementation of this regulation will start from 31 December 2016.

On 14 December 2016 Mr. Surasak Suparat, Charge d'Affaires of Thailand, attended the meeting between the Minister and Deputy Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa and Heads of Foreign Mission from Asia and the Middle East in South Africa.