Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations Kim In-chul

May 12, 2020  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha will participate in a video conference to be held on May 12 to launch the “UN Group of Friends of Solidarity for Global Health Security.”

The Group of Friends of Solidarity for Global Health Security, whose establishment was led by the Republic of Korea, is a forum for discussions on COVID-19 and health security issues at the UN. It is expected to become an important platform for exploring multilateral ways to address global health security challenges.

Tomorrow, May 13, Minister Kang will preside over a video conference with the heads of the ROK’s diplomatic missions in seven countries in Europe, including the Federal Republic of Germany, the Russian Federation, and the French Republic. Today, 1^st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Sei-young will chair a video conference with the heads of the ROK’s diplomatic missions in four countries in the Nordic region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has held the video conference between the headquarters and overseas diplomatic missions nine times for the past three months. The Ministry plans to hold about ten more video conferences with the heads of overseas diplomatic missions by small groups in this month and discuss ways to pursue diplomacy, which in turn will strengthen cooperation and communication between the headquarters and overseas missions.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)