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| President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech before the start of a dinner meeting with South Korean residents living in Argentina at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Friday (KST). Yonhap |
By Kim Yoo-chul
BUENOS AIRES ― South Korea wants to sign a working-holiday visa program with Argentina to allow eligible people to travel and work in each other's country, President Moon Jae-in said Friday (KST).
"At a meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, I will suggest plans for building mutual trust and improving relations. One of them is to sign a working-holiday program," Moon said at a dinner meeting with some 230 South Korean business leaders and residents living in the Argentine capital.
The program will allow Koreans to gain a unique travel, work and life experience and enhance their understanding of Argentina's culture ― and vice versa, Moon said.
The upcoming summit between Moon and Macri scheduled for early Saturday (KST) marks the first such South Korea-Argentina meeting in 14 years, according to Cheong Wa Dae.
"Separately, South Korea is also eyeing a deal with Argentina to help South Koreans living here get more tax breaks and even pension benefits," Moon said, adding such increased exchanges will strengthen the longstanding ties between South Korea and Argentina.
"South Korea will provide more assistance to ethnic Korean living in the Argentine capital and other cities here to help them better understand the Korean language, history and culture," Moon said.
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| President Moon Jae-in, center, is briefed on fallen Argentine heroes who fought for democracy during the military dictatorship during his visit to the National History Museum in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Friday (KST). From 1976-1983, a brutal military junta ruled Argentina. Yonhap |
Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook arrived in Argentina ahead of the G20 summit, which brings the leaders of the world's top 20 industrialized countries together to discuss issues such as trade and climate change.
The President said South Korea will increase its support for textile and fashion industries in the South American country, given the greater exposure in these business sectors of South Korean business owners living there.
Mentioning Argentina's financial assistance during the Korean War, Moon said the bilateral relationship is developing into a comprehensive partnership for co-prosperity.
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