Director-General of the Department of European Affairs received an award from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for the book “333 Years Siamese Envoy to France” in the 2020 annual book competition by the Office of the Basic Education Commission.

On 16 March 2021, Mrs. Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs, was granted a royal audience with Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at Sra Pathum Palace. She received a distinction certificate and commemorative plaque for the book “333 Years Siamese Envoy to France”, awarded in the category “Illustrated Books” in the annual book competition organised by the Bureau of Academic Affairs and Educational Standards, Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education.

The book “333 Years Siamese Envoy to France” was first published in 2019 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Associate Prof. Dr. Predee Phisphumvidhi as editor. The book aims to commemorate the 333th Anniversary of the dispatch by King Narai the Great of a Siamese diplomatic mission, led by Ok-phra Wisut Sunthon (Kosa Pan), to the court of King Louis XIV. The mission was accorded highest honour and granted an audience with King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles on 1 September 1686. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has distributed several copies of this commemorative book to educational institutions in Thailand and abroad as well as to interested organisations.

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