President Shimon Peres met Monday morning with Princess Chulabhron Mahidol – the youngest daughter of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, who is in Israel to sign a number of cooperation agreements between the two countries. Princess Chulabhorn received her doctorate in Science from Mahidol University in 1985 and holds a a specialization in epileptology.
At the beginning of the meeting, the princess said she feels half Israeli and thinks like an Israeli, adding that she has sought opportunities to visit Israel since the first time she came in the 1970's. Dr. Mahidol said she had even added the Israeli name Tzila to her own and that was how she signed the guest book. Peres said, "You should know that you have an open invitation to come and visit any time you want."