Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of Australia to Thailand jointly launched the official commemorative logo of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Permanent Secretary also reiterated Thailand’s commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation.

On 21 January 2022, Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and H.E. Mr. Allan McKinnon, Ambassador of Australia to Thailand, jointly launched the official commemorative logo of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Australia, at the Residence of Ambassador of Australia to Thailand.

The Permanent Secretary congratulated Ms. Chanida Hengkuntod, the winner of the logo competition, and expressed his satisfaction on longstanding ties and profound friendship in the past seven decades between two countries. He reiterated Thailand’s commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation under the Strategic Partnership across the breadth of relationship, ranging from enhancing cooperation on public health, climate change and low emission technology, digital economy, cyber and human security as well as restoring people-to-people connections, as a path towards a resilient and sustainable post-pandemic recovery and balanced long-term growth.

Series of commemorative events and activities have been planned in both Thailand and Australia throughout 2022, including seminar/webinar, art and scince exhibitions, film festival and cultural performances.

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