[1/4] Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin meets with caretaker former Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand August 24, 2023.
Srettha sailed through a parliamentary vote to become premier on Tuesday and will head a tricky coalition that includes parties backed by a royalist military that has repeatedly manoeuvred against his Pheu Thai Party.
His meeting with the outgoing premier and former army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha underscores a fragile detente in Thai politics, with Prayuth the architect of a 2014 coup against the last Pheu Thai government.
Thaksin and Pheu Thai have denied the existence of a deal with their rivals in the military and conservative establishment.
Prayuth, who has a testy relationship with the Shinawatra family, told Srettha healing rifts was important.
Persons:
Srettha Thavisin, Prayuth Chan, Srettha, Prayuth, Pheu, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thaksin, Chayut Setboonsarng, Martin Petty, William Maclean
Organizations:
Government, REUTERS Acquire, Thai, Pheu Thai Party, Thomson
Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand, BANGKOK, Thai