Cheong "Qatar LNG Ship Order is the Fruit of President Moon's 'Economic Diplomacy'"

President Moon Jae-in is shaking hands with Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, who visited Korea in January last year. (Photo by Cheong Wa Dae)

[Asia Economy Reporter Son Sun-hee] Amid the good news that the three major domestic shipbuilders have secured orders for LNG carriers worth 23 trillion won from Qatar, the Blue House stated on the 4th, "This order is the fruit of economic diplomacy carried out by President Moon Jae-in and the government."

Yoon Jae-kwan, deputy spokesperson of the Blue House, held a briefing at the press center in the morning and said, "Through the summit last January, cooperation between the two countries expanded beyond energy to medical care, ICT, and more," adding, "The trust built between the two countries based on this laid the foundation for the LNG carrier order to bear fruit." He continued, "The Moon Jae-in administration will continue to do its best to support maintaining the export base of our manufacturing industry and to create new breakthroughs."

President Moon held a Korea-Qatar summit in January last year. At that time, Saad bin Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's Minister of Energy, who attended the meeting, announced plans to order 60 LNG carriers, but this order is known to exceed that with a scale of more than 100 vessels.

Additionally, Deputy Spokesperson Yoon commented on the publication of a special Korean edition by the global academic journal 'Nature Index,' which reexamined domestic science and technology, saying, "This is because our country has steadily accumulated scientific and technological capabilities, resulting in a crisis management model during the COVID-19 pandemic that the world is paying attention to." He added, "We will continue to strengthen investments to further enhance scientific and technological capabilities and transform our economy into a 'global leading economy' based on high technological capabilities."

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