South Korea and the U.S. Expand Development Cooperation Coordination Focused on Indo-Pacific and Africa Strategic Hubs

Kang In-seon, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Holds Video Conference with U.S. International Development Director

South Korea and the United States have agreed to expand their development cooperation partnership focusing on strategic priority regions such as the Indo-Pacific and Africa.

Kang In-seon, the 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a virtual meeting on the 14th with Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they discussed comprehensive and in-depth ways to expand the Korea-US development cooperation partnership.

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Both sides agreed to continue identifying and promoting joint development cooperation projects in strategic priority areas including transparency and anti-corruption, climate change response, health, and digital sectors.

They also discussed strengthening Korea-US cooperation on the ground in development cooperation, as exemplified by the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last month between the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the USAID India office, and expanding trilateral development cooperation with Japan.

Vice Minister Kang and Administrator Power also agreed on the importance of close communication and cooperation between Korea and the US in continuing humanitarian aid and support for reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine.

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