National Diplomatic Academy Signs MOU for Exchange and Cooperation with Indian Research Institute... Advancement of New Southern Policy

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 22nd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 2+2 mutual exchange and cooperation between the KNDA’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), and the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).

The signing ceremony was held via video conference connecting the KNDA in Seoul and the ICWA in New Delhi, India, considering the COVID-19 situation. Attendees included Kim Jun-hyung, President of KNDA; Jung Sung-chun, Vice President of KIEP; T.C.A. Raghavan, Director of ICWA; Sachin Chaturvedi, Director of RIS; Shin Bong-gil, Ambassador of Korea to India; Sripriya Ranganathan, Ambassador of India to Korea; Choi Won-ki, Head Professor of the ASEAN-India Research Center at KNDA; and Cho Chung-je, Director of the World Regional Studies Center at KIEP.

Through this MOU, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security representing diplomacy and security in both countries, the ICWA, and the economic and trade-focused KIEP and RIS agreed to institutionalize policy dialogue and exchange cooperation. They decided to expand the research institution exchange and cooperation platform to provide policy recommendations for strengthening Korea-India cooperation in the context of advancing the New Southern Policy.

President Kim emphasized that the regularization of the 2+2 policy dialogue marks the formation of a platform to seek development and cooperation in Korea-India relations amid rapidly changing international relations. Vice President Jung Sung-hoon, Director T.C.A. Raghavan, and Director Chaturvedi also agreed that the launch of this policy dialogue provides an important momentum for the four research institutions of both countries to enhance closer research cooperation for the development of Korea-India relations.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Shin Bong-gil and Ambassador Sripriya Ranganathan also attended and congratulated the four research institutions of both countries on launching the policy dialogue, expressing their hopes that it will play a pivotal role in strengthening Korea-India cooperation going forward.

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