Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with the Executive Director David Beasley of the World Food Programme(WFP) on May 16. With the year 2018 marking the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the ROK-WFP "Basic Agreement concerning Assistance from the World Food Programme," the two sides took note of the growing cooperation between the food aid recipient-turned-major donor ROK and the WFP; and agreed to continue working together toward "Zero Hunger".