Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Soosuk Lim

September 27, 2022  14:30  KST

On Wednesday morning, September 28, Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin will hold the 7^th Korea-UK foreign ministerial strategic dialogue with the new UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, James Cleverly, who is on a visit to Korea.

In the strategic dialogue, Foreign Minister Park will discuss the way forward for bilateral relations, with next year marking the 140^th anniversary of beginning of bilateral exchanges between the two countries, and exchange views on the situations on the Korean Peninsula and in other major regions, as well as ways to work together on the international stage.

In the afternoon on the same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin will also meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra.

In the meeting, Foreign Minister Park will review the progress in the implementation of follow-up measures to the Korea-Netherlands Summit held in June this year, and discuss ways to enhance economic security in the areas of semiconductors and nuclear power plants, the situations on the Korean Peninsula and in other major regions, and ways to increase cooperation on the international stage.

The UK and the Netherlands are Korea’s long-standing friends who fought alongside Korea during the Korean War. The visit to Korea by the foreign ministers of the two countries is expected to serve as an opportunity to further strengthen the partnerships for value-based diplomacy with key European countries.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)