Yeom Tae-young, Provincial Deputy Governor for Economy, Discusses Economic Cooperation with Swiss-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Association Delegation

On the afternoon of the 11th, Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economy of Gyeonggi Province, took a commemorative photo after a meeting with more than 20 people including Swiss National Assembly members Christian Wasserfallen, Jean-Luc Addor, Yves Robert Niederberger, and businesspeople, as well as the Swiss-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association and an economic group, in the situation room on the 5th floor of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government building.

Yeom Tae-young, Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Gyeonggi Province, met with the delegation of the Switzerland-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association to discuss ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two regions.

On the 11th, Yeom met with the delegation, including Christian Wasserfallen, Chairman of the Switzerland-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association (Member of the Swiss National Council), who visited Gyeonggi Provincial Government, and stated, "Since there has been almost no official exchange between the province and the Swiss government, today's meeting with the visiting delegation signifies opening a new chapter in cooperative relations."

He added, "We hope to expand exchanges and cooperation between Gyeonggi Province and Switzerland in new industrial fields utilizing future industries such as information technology (IT), semiconductors, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and precision machinery," and introduced, "Gyeonggi Province, the optimal place for discovering future new industries, is actively supporting the development of advanced industrial complexes like Pangyo Techno Valley so that not only global companies but also small and medium-sized enterprises can become key players in future growth industries."

In response, Christian Wasserfallen, Chairman of the Switzerland-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association, said, "Switzerland recognizes that Gyeonggi Province hosts global companies across all advanced industrial sectors and that Gyeonggi's cooperation is very important for Switzerland's digital transformation," and responded, "Let us discover Switzerland's future new industries together with companies based in Gyeonggi and expand our cooperation."

This meeting was arranged as the Switzerland-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association formed a delegation of parliamentarians and businesspeople to visit Gyeonggi Province to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Korea and the 70th anniversary of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission's activities.

The Switzerland-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association was established in 2007 to promote parliamentary diplomacy between the two countries. This is their sixth official visit to Korea. Christian Wasserfallen and Lee Jong-bae, members of the National Assembly, serve as co-chairmen. The association fosters friendship between the two countries and promotes mutual exchanges and visits.

Gyeonggi Province plans to prepare concrete cooperation measures with the delegation to expand economic cooperation between Switzerland and Korea based on this meeting.

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