Jeong Heon-yul, Mayor of Iksan, and Choi Jong-o, Chairman of the City Council, Declare Support for Hosting the 'APEC Summit' in Gyeongju

The mayor of Iksan, Jeonbuk, and the chairman of the city council joined the campaign to collect one million signatures to attract the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit to Gyeongju.

According to Gyeongju City on the 17th, at the welcoming event for the Iksan Citizen Exchange Group held at the Gyeongju Hilton Hotel on the 14th, the exchange group, including Jeong Heon-yul, mayor of Iksan, Jeonbuk, and Choi Jong-o, chairman of the city council, signed the petition supporting the hosting of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju.

At a welcome dinner for the delegation from Iksan City, Jeonbuk, held at the Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju city, the mayor of Iksan and the chairman of the city council participated in a one million signature campaign to attract the 2025 APEC Summit to Gyeongju, and are taking a commemorative photo.

The two cities, which established a sister city relationship in 1988, have maintained active exchanges based on the love story of Baekje Prince Seodong and Silla Princess Seonhwa.

In particular, the Iksan Citizen Exchange Group, visiting Gyeongju ahead of the opening of the Seodong Festival, expressed their support, stating that if the APEC Summit is held in Gyeongju, a UNESCO World Heritage city and a representative historical and cultural city of Korea, it would attract international attention to the value of the World Heritage and showcase the high dignity of the Republic of Korea.

Jeong Heon-yul, mayor of Iksan, said, “I hope Gyeongju will be the optimal location for hosting the APEC Summit and that it will definitely be selected. Through this APEC Summit, I expect that the brilliant history, beautiful traditional culture, and remarkable development will be known worldwide.”

Joo Nak-young, mayor of Gyeongju, responded, “Although Gyeongju is the only basic local government among the cities that have expressed their intention to host, it is fully equipped with the capabilities and infrastructure necessary for hosting the APEC Summit. I am grateful to our sister city Iksan for supporting the justification for attracting the APEC Summit to Gyeongju.”

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