16 nations express sorrow over Princess' death
BangkokPost staff
Sixteen countries, along with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, have added messages of condolence over the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana.
The messages were from Japan, Kuwait, France, Burma, Singapore, Bulgaria, Bhutan, Cambodia, Bahrain, China, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine, Laos and Nepal. Escap sent a separate condolence statement.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jarungwat said Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko conveyed their sorrow to the King and members of the royal family on behalf of all Japanese.
Many representatives of foreign missions in Thailand also turned up in person to pay their last respects to the Princess at the Grand Palace where her body is lying in state.
Yesterday, more than 300 Lisu hilltribespeople from Mae Taeng district of Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son's Pai district performed a bathing rite before the Princess' portrait at the Ueng Ngern villa, a retreat of the late Princess at Huay Nam Dang National Park in Chiang Mai.
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