Korea-India Foreign Ministers' Joint Committee Held After 6 Years... "Bilateral Cooperation Important in Indo-Pacific Region"

Korea-India Foreign Ministers Agree on 'Important Partner' Consensus

The foreign ministers of Korea and India met in Seoul on the 6th and reached a consensus on the importance of bilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

Cho Tae-yeol, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Korea, and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, co-chaired the 10th Korea-India Foreign Ministers Joint Committee meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

The meeting was attended by officials from Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Ministry of Science and ICT, as well as India's Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, and Department of Science and Technology.

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol is taking a commemorative photo with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar before their meeting on the morning of the 6th at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
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Minister Cho stated, "This meeting was held for the first time in six years since the 9th Joint Committee held in New Delhi in 2018," referring to it as a moment to start the next 50 years of relations between the two countries, which marked their 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties last year.

He also emphasized that India is an important partner for Korea on the international stage and expressed full agreement with Minister Jaishankar's speech at the National Diplomatic Academy the previous day, which highlighted that the Korea-India partnership could emerge as a key factor in the Indo-Pacific region.

Minister Jaishankar said at the meeting, "India and Korea have become truly important partners to each other," expressing hope to expand bilateral cooperation into areas such as semiconductors, nuclear energy, and supply chain resilience.

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