Naju City - Seoul Seocho-gu Hold Preliminary Meeting for Friendship Exchange Agreement

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City in Jeollanam-do and Seocho-gu in Seoul are accelerating efforts to establish a friendly exchange and win-win cooperation relationship.

Naju City (Mayor Yoon Byung-tae) announced on the 18th that it held a preliminary meeting for signing a friendly exchange agreement between the two cities with the executives of the Seocho-gu Domestic and International Exchange Council (Chairman Ham Jae-sung) at the city hall’s Ihwa Room.

The Seocho-gu Exchange Council is an organization that supports advisory, cooperation, and collaborative projects related to exchanges between Seocho-gu and domestic and international cities.

The visiting delegation consisted of nine members, including Chairman Ham Jae-sung, Senior Vice Chairman Oh Yoon-im, Advisor Kim Su-hwan (former chairman of Seocho-gu Council), executives of the Exchange Council, Vice Chairman Ahn Jong-sook of Seocho-gu Council, and Chairwoman Park Mi-jung of the Operations Committee.

The council’s visit to Naju was made as a preliminary discussion for the signing of the friendly exchange agreement between the two cities, which gained momentum through a meeting between Mayor Yoon Byung-tae of Naju and Seocho-gu Mayor Jeon Seong-su at Seocho-gu Office on the 21st of last month.

Mayor Yoon proposed a city agreement to activate exchanges in various fields such as tourism and culture, corporate investment attraction, and agricultural product promotion and publicity to former Mayor Jeon.

In particular, this meeting was arranged as a place to pledge the agreement, thanks to the active proposal of Chairman Ham Jae-sung, who is originally from Nampyeong, Naju, and it is expected to be the first breakthrough for revitalizing exchanges between the two cities.

The visiting delegation, entering the city hall lobby, was warmly welcomed by Mayor Yoon Byung-tae, Deputy Mayor Kang Young-gu, and city hall staff, and held the meeting in the Ihwa Room.

Mayor Yoon said, “Naju is a historic city with a history spanning 2,000 years, a city of coexistence between tradition and innovation as a leading city in the future energy industry through the establishment of an innovation city and the opening of Korea Energy Engineering University.”

He added, “I hope this will be an opportunity to feel the charm and new changes of Naju, the center of Jeolla Province, and to promote joint development and mutual benefits by linking the strengths of the two cities.”

Mayor Yoon also presented the visiting delegation with traditional natural dye scarves and neckties as souvenirs, which are traditional colors of Naju.

Ham Jae-sung, Chairman of the Seocho-gu Domestic and International Exchange Council, said, “This visit will be a good opportunity to better understand Naju and explore areas of cooperation with Seocho-gu,” and added, “I hope that through friendly exchanges, Naju City and Seocho-gu will develop into sister cities.”

After the meeting, the Seocho-gu Domestic and International Exchange Council visited cultural heritage sites in the old downtown area including Geumseonggwan, Korea Energy Engineering University, and Bitgaram Observatory.

Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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