Minister Kang Kyung-wha Holds Video Conference with Slovenian and Finnish Foreign Ministers... Requests Support for Director General Yoo Myung-hee
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the afternoon of the 19th, Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a video conference with An?e Logar, Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss ways to develop bilateral relations and requested support for Yoo Myung-hee, Director-General for Trade Negotiations, in the election of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General.
The two ministers evaluated the active economic cooperation between the two countries centered on the Koper port, a logistics hub in Europe, and agreed to closely cooperate to ensure that high-level personnel exchanges and substantive cooperation in trade and investment can be revitalized despite the resurgence of COVID-19.
Subsequently, Minister Kang also requested support for Director-General Yoo in a video conference with Pekka Haavisto, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs. Minister Kang asked for Finland's support for Director-General Yoo, who advanced to the final round of the WTO Director-General election, and Minister Haavisto evaluated Director-General Yoo's capabilities.
The two ministers assessed that South Korea and Finland are closely cooperating to overcome the COVID-19 situation and are particularly strengthening global health cooperation through the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), and others.
The two ministers also evaluated that both countries are actively contributing to the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan. The two countries agreed to continue cooperation through international conferences such as the '2020 Afghanistan Conference,' scheduled to be co-hosted by Finland, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the Afghan government in November.
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Furthermore, the two ministers evaluated that the two countries have maintained continuous communication during the COVID-19 situation through face-to-face talks at the Munich Security Conference in February, telephone calls related to COVID-19 response in April, and video conferences, and agreed to continue close cooperation going forward.
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