Russian foreign minister to meet with his Thai counterpart on August 14 in Moscow

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 11, 2026 · 114 words

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What to know about Russian foreign minister to meet with his Thai counterpart on August 14 in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to meet with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow on August 14 in Moscow. The visit includes the Ninth Session of the Joint Thai-Russian Commission on Bilateral Cooperation and the signing of a consultation plan for 2026-2028.

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What happened

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with his Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow on August 14 in Moscow, Russia’s Foreign Ministry told TASS.

Why it matters

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Thailand’s foreign minister will hold a meeting on August 14," the ministry said.

Common ground

Earlier, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry reported that the deputy prime minister and the foreign minister will visit Russia from August 12 to 15.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He will chair the Ninth Session of the Joint Thai-Russian Commission on Bilateral Cooperation”

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The claim that the Thai official will chair the Ninth Session of the Joint Thai-Russian Commission on Bilateral Cooperation is confirmed by both TASS and another web search result regarding EAEU FTA talks.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1857. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were…
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Claim 2: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with his Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow on August 14 in Moscow”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held/will hold talks with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow in Moscow on August 14.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Budapest summit (also known as the 2025 Russia–United States summit in Budapest or the Trump–Putin summit in Budapest) was a proposed summit between United States president Donald Trump and R…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov

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Claim 3: “Thailand’s Foreign Ministry reported that the deputy prime minister and the foreign minister will visit Russia from August 12 to 15”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that the Thai Foreign Ministry reported the visit of the deputy prime minister and foreign minister to Russia from August 12 to 15.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The territorial dispute between Cambodia and Thailand escalated into a direct armed confrontation on 24 July 2025 along the Cambodia–Thailand border. Although both governments subsequently agreed to a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bilateral relations between Russia and Thailand date to the late nineteenth century, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (as Thailand was then known) formed a fri…
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Claim 4: “the ministers are set to discuss key issues of the bilateral agenda and sign a plan of consultations between the two foreign ministries for 2026-2028”

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While one web search result mentions the plan to sign a 2026-2028 plan for consultations during the talks, other sources mention different consultation plans (e.g., Russia-Turkey 2026-2027) or do not mention the specific dates for the Thai-Russian plan. Only one specific source corroborates the 2026-2028 timeframe for Thailand.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Thai Ambassador in Moscow is the official representative of the Government in Bangkok to the Government of Russia. Actual Ambassador is Sasiwat Wongsinsawat.
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