EABC organised its first Joint European Networking Cocktail yesterday, on 25 May, at the Athenee Hotel.

This event was organized in collaboration with 15 European national Chambers in Thailand, which we thank for their support: Advantage Austria, BeluThai Chamber, British Thai Chamber, Franco Thai Chamber, German Thai Chamber, Hellenic Thai Chamber, Irish Thai Chamber, Netherlands Thai Chamber, Polish Investment & Trade Agency, Romanian Thai Chamber, Spanish Thai Chamber, Swiss Thai Chamber, Thai Finnish Chamber, Thai Norwegian Chamber, and Thai Swedish Chamber.

We also thank H.E. Mr. David Daly, Ambassador of the European Union to Thailand, and H.E. Mr. Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to Thailand, for greeting us with their presence, and for delivering keynote addresses to all participants.

This friendly gathering of all these European embassies, institutions and Chambers, and of more than 160 business representatives, was a great reminder of the fact that Europe’s strength, the third largest economy in the world, and the fourth largest economic partner of Thailand, relies on “unity in diversity” and on sharing the humanist values. Europe continues to engage in a constructive relationship with Thailand, in order to contribute to its sustainable development.