Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations Kim In-chul

July 16, 2020  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha, in her capacity as the Chair of MIKTA for this year, will preside over the 17^th MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey and Australia) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to take place via videoconference on Friday, July 17.

In the Meeting, the foreign ministers will discuss ways to strengthen multilateralism amid the COVID-19 situation as well as ways to take MIKTA forward. They will adopt a joint statement to welcome the election of Turkey’s candidate as the 75th President of the United Nations General Assembly and the election of Mexico as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, whilst also expressing hope for enhanced cooperation.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)