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RUSSIA

DECLARATION EXCHANGED BETWEEN RUSSIA

AND SIAM

SIGNED AT BANGKOK, 23RD JUNE, 1899

The Imperial Government of Russia and the Royal Government of Siam, being desirous to facilitate the relations between the two countries, have, awaiting the conclusion of a Treaty of Commerce and Amity, agreed as follows:-

That for everything relating to jurisdiction, commerce, and navigation, Russian subjects on Siamese territory and Siamese subjects on Russian térritory shall hence- forth enjoy, till the expiration of the present arrangement, all the rights and privileges granted to the subjects of other nations respectively in Siam and in Russia by the Treaties now in existence and by Treaties that may be concluded in the future.

This arrangement shall be applied by the two contracting parties from the day of its signature and till the expiration of six months after the day on which the one or the other of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it.

The present declaration having been drawn up in the Russian, Siamese and French languages, and the three versions having the same scope and the same meaning, the French text shall be regarded as official and legal in all respects.

In faith of which the undersigned, duly authorised for that purpose, have drawn up the present declaration, to which they have affixed their signatures and seals.

GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE

DECLARATION

SIGNED BY GREAT BRITAIN

AND

FRANCE RESPECTING SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

SIGNED AT LONDON, 15TH JANUARY, 1896

The undersigned, duly authorised by their respective Governments, have signed the following Declaration:-

I.-The Governments of Great Britain and France engage to one another that neither of them will, without the consent of the other, in any case, or under any pretext, advance their armed forces into the region which is comprised in the basins of the Petcha Bouri, Meiklong, Menam, and Bang Pa Kong (Petriou) rivers and their respective tributaries, together with the extent of coast from Muong Bang

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