Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Choi Youngsam

March 29, 2022  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

First, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jong Kun will visit Singapore and Bangladesh from today, March 29, to April 1.

During his visit to Singapore, Vice Minister Choi will meet with the Senior Minister of State and the Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in a range of areas, including infrastructure and the digital sector. The two sides will also discuss key global affairs, including the situations on the Korean Peninsula and in Myanmar and Ukraine.

Following his visit to Singapore, Vice Minister Choi will visit Bangladesh and co-chair the 3^rd Korea-Bangladesh Policy Consultation with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen. Vice Minister Choi will also pay a courtesy call on high-level officials, including Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen.

Vice Minister Choi’s upcoming visit to Singapore and Bangladesh is expected to serve as an important opportunity to review the progress in the New Southern Policy that the Korean government has been pursuing and to expand the scope of cooperation with major countries in the region.

Next, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jongmoon and Ambassador of Bulgaria to Korea Petko Draganov will sign the Arrangement on Cooperation in the Fields of Education and Culture between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30.

The Arrangement has been renewed every three years since the Agreement for Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria was concluded in 1994. The Arrangement is expected to make substantive contributions to enhancing people-to-people exchanges and bilateral cooperation in the fields of education and culture, including a scholarship program between the two countries.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)