Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations Kim In-chul

September 15, 2020  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha will visit the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and have a Foreign Ministers’ meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on September 18 at the latter’s invitation.

Minister Kang is the first foreign minister to make an official visit to Viet Nam amid the COVID-19 situation. In the forthcoming Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the two sides will discuss in depth cooperation on COVID-19 response, the development of the strategic cooperative partnership, and regional and global affairs.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)