Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha had a telephone conversation with her counterparts from countries affected by COVID-19 for about 70 minutes starting at 11:10 p.m., March 15 (Korea Standard Time), and discussed ways for international cooperation to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Participants in the telephone conversation were the foreign ministers of six countries, including the Republic of Korea, Canada, which proposed it, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Italian Republic, and the Commonwealth of Australia.