Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, the General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, extended a warm welcome to Mr. Somchai Channarongkul, a senator of Thai Parliament and a member of Parliament Committee on Agriculture, at the APTERR Secretariat on 22 March 2024. Mr. Channarongkul has served many prominent positions of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives as the former Director General of Department of Agriculture, Department of Cooperative Promotion, and Department of Agricultural Extension (2008-2018).