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PM aims to discuss subs with German president
News, Wassana nanuam and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 14/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin plans to meet Germany's president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in an effort to get Berlin to allow Thailand to install German engines on the kingdom's new submarines that are being assembled in China.
Australia to reassure Thailand over nuclear subs
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» Australia’s defence minister aims to reassure Thailand that plans to acquire a new fleet of nuclear submarines would enhance “collective security” in the region after neighbouring countries voiced concerns.
Subs deal at risk: PM
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/04/2022
» A huge government-to-government submarine procurement deal faces the axe, if China is unable to fit the engines specified in the purchase agreement, warned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday.
China told it must honour subs deal
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/03/2022
» The Royal Thai Navy insists China has to honour an agreement to supply it with a new submarine with a German-made MTU 396 engine, adding the navy will do its best to ensure the procurement is completed.
China offers Navy two subs as purchase deal hits snag
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/02/2022
» Navy chief Adm Somprasong Nilsamai on Sunday confirmed that China made an informal offer to provide the Thai navy with two used submarines to train staff while waiting for the first of its order of Chinese-made submarines to be delivered.
Fate of two subs in balance
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 28/07/2021
» The fate of two of three submarines hangs in the balance now that next year's instalment payment for them has been shelved.
B22.5bn subs buy put on ice
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 19/07/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has put the brakes on the navy's plan to buy two new submarines worth 22.5 billion baht from China, citing the urgent need to divert funds to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Navy pushes ahead with subs buy
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 18/07/2021
» The navy is pushing to pay in yearly instalments for the two submarines it is buying, saying it has a duty to propose the spending despite heavy criticism.
Yuttapong won't back down over subs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2020
» Pheu Thai Party MP Yuttapong Charasathien on Saturday reiterated his call for the navy to show documents authorising it to ink a submarine purchase deal with China and threatened to release "evidence" that could leave the procurement project in limbo.
Purchase of two subs delayed, not ditched: Prayut
News, Wassana Nanuam & Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/09/2020
» The navy has deferred its planned purchase of a second and a third Chinese-made submarines worth 22.5 billion baht amid mounting political pressure but the deal will not be scrapped, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.