On September 3, a delegation of “Young Ambassadors of Virtue” from the Kingdom of Thailand visited MGIMO. The gifted schoolchildren presented creative performances and got acquainted with the Thai‑speaking community of MGIMO.

At MGIMO the schoolchildren met with students studying the Thai language, teachers, ASEAN Centre’s staff and master’s students from Thailand. From the students studying the Thai language they learned about the history of MGIMO and the different seasons that exist in Russia. In turn, the young guests from Thailand shared information about various unusual tourist attractions of their country. After that the schoolchildren demonstrated a number of creative performances, including demonstrations of traditional Muay Thai martial arts techniques, a Thai dance, and they sang songs in Thai and Russian.

On the part of MGIMO, the meeting was attended by Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre, staff of the ASEAN Center, and Ms. Daria Borisova, a Lecturer at the Department of Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, Thai, Lao, and Khmer Languages. On the Thai side, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Thailand, Nattawat Jamprasert, was present, as well as teachers and curators of the “Young Ambassadors of Virtue” program.

A tour of the MGIMO Museum was also conducted for Thai schoolchildren.

The meeting was organized by the ASEAN Centre and was held in Thai and English.