Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations Noh Kyu-duk

January 10, 2019  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Negara Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof at the Bruneian Foreign Ministry on the morning of January 12.

On the afternoon of that day, Minister Kang will pay a courtesy call on Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah at the Istana Nurul Iman.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Brunei, and the 30th anniversary of dialogue relations between the ROK and ASEAN. The upcoming Foreign Ministers’ meeting will become an important opportunity to discuss ways to step up bilateral cooperation with Brunei, which began its three-year term as the country coordinator for the ROK-ASEAN dialogue relations in August last year, as well as ways to advance the ROK-ASEAN relations.

Thank you.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)

* unofficial translation