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Mon, August 8, 2022 | 06:33
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S. Korea to host meeting of conservative party leaders
국제민주연합 당수회의 19일 서울서 개막
Posted : 2014-11-16 10:30
Updated : 2014-11-16 10:30
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Leaders of conservative parties from around the world will gather in Seoul this week to discuss ways to boost freedom and democracy, officials of South Korea's ruling party said Sunday.

The 2014 Party Leaders Meeting of the International Democrat Union (IDU) will kick off Wednesday for a three-day run, bringing together some 110 representatives from 40 counties, according to the officials of the Saenuri Party.

Under the theme of "Strengthening Freedom and Democracy -- Meeting New Challenges," the meeting will be focused on the future of conservative politics, development of the world economy and global peace, and promotion of exchanges and cooperation among conservative parties.

Participants include former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, and other high-profile politicians and government ministers, they said, adding German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron will skip the meeting for personal reasons.

It will mark South Korea's second hosting of the IDU meeting, following the one in 1995.

In a keynote speech at the meeting Friday, Kim Moo-sung, chairman of the ruling party, will explain South Korea's party politics and the future of the nation's democratic evolution as well as touch on North Korea's nuclear program and human rights conditions.

Also on Friday, the participants will attend a reception to be hosted by President Park Geun-hye and tour the Joint Security Area (JSA) near the border village of Panmunjom, according to the officials.

Headquartered in Oslo, the IDU is an association of 57 conservative political parties in 52 countries. The Democratic Liberal Party, the predecessor of the Saenuri Party, joined the association in 1992.

The IDU was founded in 1983 by such prominent politicians as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, French President Jacques Chiraq and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. (Yonhap)


국제민주연합 당수회의 19일 서울서 개막

전세계 보수민주정당의 연합체인 국제민주연합(IDU) 당수회의가 40개국 110여명의 대표들이 참가한 가운데 오는 19일부터 사흘간 개최된다. 

이는 한국에서 열리는 두번째 IDU 회의다. 지난 1995년 민주자유당의 주최로 첫 서울 당수회의가 열렸으며 김영삼 전 대통령이 당총재 자격으로 참석했다.

서울 조선호텔에서 열리는 올해 회의는 '자유와 민주주의의 도약 - 새로운 도전에 맞서'(Strengthening Freedom and Democracy - Meeting New Challenges)를 주제로 보수정치의 미래와 세계경제 발전과 평화, 정당 간 교류협력 및 우호증진 방안 등에 대해 의견을 교환할 예정이다. 

새누리당 김무성 대표는 본행사인 21일 당수회의에서 기조연설을 통해 한국 정당정치와 민주화 발전 방향에 대해 설명하는 한편 북한의 핵과 인권 문제 등에 대해서도 언급할 예정인 것으로 전해졌다.  

이번 회의에는 IDU 의장인 존 하워드 전 호주 총리와 부의장인 장샤오옌(蔣孝嚴) 대만 국민당 부주석을 비롯해 믈라딘 이바니치 보스니아-헤르체고비나 대통령 당선인, 알렉산더 스툽 핀란드 총리, 토니 클레망 전 캐나다 복지장관 등 각국 전·현직 수반 및 각료들이 대거 참가한다. 

참석자들은 19일 환영 리셉션을 시작으로 20일 실무회의를 통해 지역별·분야별 정당교류 협력 방안을 논의한 뒤 김 대표가 주재하는 환영만찬에 참석한다.

21일에는 오전 당수회의 후 박근혜 대통령이 주재하는 청와대 오찬에 참석하며, 이후 비무장지대(DMZ) 내 판문점 공동경비구역(JSA)을 돌아볼 예정이다.

노르웨이 오슬로에 본부를 둔 IDU는 1983년에 창립했으며, 새누리당(당시 민자당)은 1992년 회원정당으로 가입했다. 현재 회원정당 수는 52개국 57개 정당이다.

한편, 회원 당수인 앙겔라 메르켈 독일 총리와 데이비드 캐머런 영국 총리는 각각 김 대표에게 별도의 서한을 보내 회의의 성공적인 개최를 기원하고 불참에 대한 양해를 구한 것으로 전해졌다. (연합뉴스)
 
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