The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok celebrated the 30 July International Day of Friendship by highlighting the long-standing bilateral relations between Sweden and Thailand while sharing a few of the stories of the people featured in the Embassy’s 2018 photo exhibition “Neighbours from Afar” that celebrated 150 years of relations between Sweden and Thailand.
Bilateral relations between Sweden and Thailand began in 1868 when the first Siam-Swedish friendship treaty, The Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, was signed, the Embassy stated.
Moreover, the Embassy wrote, “In 2018, the Embassy produced a photo exhibition “Neighbours from Afar” to celebrate 150 years of relations between Sweden and Thailand by highlighting unique people-to-people relationships that bind our two countries together. The photos highlight Thais with relation to Sweden and Swedes with…
