The visit of Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first woman Prime Minister, to India next week

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will strengthen the rapidly increasing economic and political ties between the two maritime neighbours.

Yingluck, 44, the youngest sister of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, is the chief guest at India's Republic Day Parade at Rajpath this year.

She will arrive in India on Tuesday.

The photogenic premier, who is known for her chic fashion sense, is reportedly the youngest chief guest at the Parade in the last three decades.

The chief guest at the 2010 and 2011 parades were South Korean president and the Indonesian president.

The young premier, known for her penchant for off the rack designer wear, will be leading a high-profile 100 member delegation during her three-day visit to India including the foreign minister and defence minister and a host of businessmen.

"New Delhi looks forward to this visit as an important milestone in the relationship between India and Thailand, and is confident that the visit will give a huge boost to the already strong ties

between the two countries and lead to economic prosperity and greater connectivity in India and Thailand which are maritime neighbours," Anil Wadhwa, India's ambassador to Thailand, told PTI.

Yingluck, during her short visit to India, plans to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra.