Foreign Minister's Special Envoy Visits Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq... Meets Senior Oil and Industry Officials
Special envoy for foreign affairs Moon Byungjun visited Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq, meeting with senior officials from the ministries of oil and industry. The discussions focused on comprehensive cooperation measures in areas such as energy, construction, infrastructure, and future new industries to help stabilize the situation following the Middle East war.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 8, Special Envoy Moon visited Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq in succession from May 1 to the date of this report. In Kuwait, his first stop, he met with Hamad Al-Mashaan, Deputy Foreign Minister, and Tariq Al-Rumi, Minister of Oil and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). Through the deputy minister, Moon delivered a personal letter from former Foreign Minister Cho Hyun to Foreign Minister Al-Sabah, expressing condolences and solidarity over the damages Kuwait suffered as a result of the recent Middle East war.
In his meeting with Minister of Oil Al-Rumi, Moon requested support for Korean companies to participate in the restoration of Kuwait’s energy facilities and infrastructure, as well as for the winning of crude oil and LPG vessel contracts.
In Bahrain, Moon held individual meetings with Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Minister of Oil and Environment Mohamed Bin Daina, and Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdulla Fakhro.
In Iraq, his final destination, Moon met with Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Bahr Al-Uloom, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayyan Abdulghani Al-Sawad, and Chairman of the National Investment Commission Haider Makiya. He discussed cooperation to ensure stable supplies of crude oil and other energy resources with the Iraqi officials.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, "This special envoy mission is significant in that it expressed the Korean government’s condolences and solidarity to Middle Eastern countries affected by the war, and proactively discussed future-oriented cooperation measures in various fields in anticipation of the post-war period."
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