Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1904

The Franco–Siamese Treaty of 1904^[1] (Thai: สนธิสัญญาสยาม–ฝรั่งเศส ร.ศ. 122) was a convention between the Kingdom of Siam during the reign of King Chulalongkorn and the French Republic during the presidency of President Émile Loubet. It sets out the demarcation of the boundary between the Kingdom of Siam and neighboring territories which had been colonized by the French Republic, as well as granting extraterritorial rights to French citizens.

Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1904

Type	Convention
Context	Siam cedes land on the right bank of the Mekong River to the French Republic. France agreed to return Chanthaburi to Siam. The French seized Phatchantakhirikhet and Dan Sai from Siam instead.
Drafted	February 11, 1904 (1904-02-11)
Signed	February 13, 1904 (1904-02-13)
Location	Paris France
Signatories	Phraya Suriyanuwat (Kerd Bunnag) Théophile Delcassé
Parties	Siam  France

Signing

The Siamese plenipotentiary who signed this treaty was Phraya Suriyanuwat (Kerd Bunnag), Ambassador of Siam to France, and the French side is Théophile Delcassé, Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[2]

Negotiations took place in Paris, France, on February 11, 1904, and were signed two days later.

See also

• Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1893
• Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907