EU-Thailand Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP, BG) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Thailand, of the other part.

The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in a wide range of policy areas, including human rights, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the fight against terrorism, the fight against corruption and organised crime, trade, migration, the environment, energy, climate change, transport, science and technology, employment and social affairs, education and agriculture.