Princess Angelika wants Thai’s technical and commercial supports

PHOTO: Princess Angelika and Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho escorted by Thai’s security guards. Photo/Supplied

Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho witnessed great opportunities for Tonga while she visited Thailand’s Chitralada Royal Project Last month.

The Princess visited the kingdom as part of her role as the concurrent Ambassador-Designate to the Kingdom of Thailand.

The Princess met with key members of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in which she was briefed on benefits Tonga would commercially obtain from Thai markets.

Princess Angelica, accompanied by his sister-in-law Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho, visited His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Chitralada Royal Project.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej initiated the project to support his economic idea based on – Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy. It aimed at educating and encouraging people of Thailand to be able to manage limited natural resources available to them locally and advocate self-reliant attitudes among his people.

The project created various activities that ranges from livestock farming,  fishing to agricultural activities. It has been used as guidelines in providing assistance in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The United Nations recognised the project and announced it was suitable to be used in development of countries in dire need of assistance.

A statement from the Tonga High Commissioner’s office in Canberra said: “During the royal tour, the Princess fed cows, attended at a fish pond and explored various experiments, factories and productions with best practices that would be ideal at the village-level in Tonga. The Princess believes that one practical solution for Tonga is sustainable self-sufficiency; the realities of which she had witnessed at the royal project”.

“The Princess had hoped for technical cooperation in areas of disaster management and disaster mitigation in light of the natural disasters which continue to impact Tonga such as cyclone Ian of 2014 and the threats posed by sea-level rising”.

Princess Angelika is also Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Singapore. She is also ambassador to Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines.

High Commissioner is the term used to describe ambassadors accredited to other Commonwealth countries.