The 15th Asean summit will be held during October 23-25 in Phuket. To participate in the summit were 16 leaders of Asean and dialogue partners countries, UN Secretary General and executives of international economic and financial organizations.

Kasit added that he informed a meeting of Asean foreign ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia recently that Thailand was ready to organise Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) and Asean Regional Forum (ARF) between July 16 and 23 in Phuket.

There will be representatives of 26 countries and one international organization attending the meeting.

Kasit said Thai foreign ministry officials will visit Phuket from June 5 to 7 to check the readiness of meeting venue. -The Nation/ANN