On 1 March 2026, H.E. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, Ambassador of Thailand to Belgium, together with her spouse and Team Thailand officials, attended the merit making ceremony on the occasion of the Maka Bucha Day at Wat Thai Dhammaram, Waterloo, Belgium. Phra Rajavisuddhivides, the Abbot of Wat Thai Dhammaram, chaired the ceremony. The event gathered a large number of the Thai community from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, as well as foreigners from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Viet Nam, to commemorate the historic occasion when the Buddha delivered the core principles of Buddhism 2,613 years ago.