Lee In-young Meets with WHO Director-General to Discuss Humanitarian Cooperation with North Korea

Minister of Unification Lee In-young is taking a commemorative photo ahead of a meeting on the 1st (local time) with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General (right).

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Lee In-young, Minister of Unification, visited Geneva, Switzerland to discuss humanitarian cooperation measures for North Korea.

According to the Ministry of Unification on the 2nd, Minister Lee visited Geneva on the 1st (local time) and met with Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

During the meeting with Tedros, Director-General of WHO, Minister Lee evaluated the leadership shown by WHO in overcoming the COVID-19 crisis faced commonly by humanity and exchanged views on the COVID-19 situation in North Korea and health and medical cooperation measures.

Director-General Tedros expressed gratitude for the support and cooperation of the Korean government. Both sides agreed to closely cooperate on future health and medical cooperation with North Korea, including COVID-19.

Prior to this, Minister Lee also held meetings with Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, exchanging opinions on various cooperation measures such as resolving separated families between the South and North, humanitarian cooperation for North Korea, climate change, disaster management, and development cooperation agendas.

Minister Lee is scheduled to depart for Korea on the 2nd after completing his schedule in Geneva.

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