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Minister of Foreign Affairs Hosts 17th MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha hosted the 17th MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on July 17. At the meeting held at the proposal of the Republic of Korea, the Chair of MIKTA, the foreign ministers of the five member states of MIKTA discussed ways to strengthen multilateralism amid the COVID-19 situation as well as ways to take MIKTA forward. The first-ever MIKTA ministerial video conference was chaired by Minister Kang and brought together the foreign ministers of all of the other member states of MIKTA -- Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey and Australia.
 
 
 
Minister of Foreign Affairs Holds Telephone Conversation with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh
Minister of Foreign Affairs Holds Telephone Conversation with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha spoke over the phone with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Pham Binh Minh on July 23. Minister Kang and Deputy Prime Minister Minh assessed the Republic of Korea and Vietnam’s responses to COVID-19.
Video Consultation between Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and Vice Foreign Minister of China
Video Consultation between Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and Vice Foreign Minister of China
Mr. Kim Gunn, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had a video consultation with Mr. Luo Zhaohui, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, on July 23 and discussed cooperation on COVID-19 response as well as matters of mutual interest.
Senior Officials’ Meetings of APT, EAS and ARF Take Place
Senior Officials’ Meetings of APT, EAS and ARF Take Place
Senior Officials’ Meetings of the ASEAN Plus Three (APT), the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) took place on July 20-21 in a video format to discuss ways to respond to and work together on economic and social impact of COVID-19, regional and global affairs and the progress in the preparation for a Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and a Summit of each of those meeting platforms.
ROK Government to Provide 2 Million Face Masks to Sub-Saharan Countries in Cooperation with African Union (AU)
ROK Government to Provide 2 Million Face Masks to Sub-Saharan Countries in Cooperation with African Union (AU)
The government of the Republic of Korea will provide 2 million face masks to sub-Saharan African countries. The face masks will be sent to Addis Ababa starting from July 21 and be distributed mainly to medical personnel in urgent need in the 28 countries through the Africa CDC with its extensive flight networks in the region.
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