I am covering trend, food and fashion. Previously, I covered diplomacy, city, environment and unification.
Ivorian polician Soro thanks UN for handling crisis
By Kim Se-jeong
Guillaume Soro, president of Cote d’Ivoire’s National Assembly
By Kim Se-jeong
President of Ivory Coast’s National Assembly recognized the work of the United Nations in the post-election crisis-hit nation in 2010.
The U.N. operation was led by Choi Young-jin, the special representative of the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, whose mandate was to certify the presidential elections.
For Guillaume Soro, 40, former Prime Minister and incumbent National Assembly chief, Choi is a dear friend who upheld Alassane Ouattara as President of the country. Former President Laurent Gbagbo, who ran against Ouattara, refused to concede defeat and clashed with Ouattara.
The purpose of Soro’s visit runs identical to scores of other high-profile figures from developing nations who hail Korea’s development experience and express their desire to emulate it.
“We’d like to learn from Korea,” he said during an interview with local journalists in Seoul on April 5.
He kept his profile very low, while carrying out high-profile engagements meeting with the Prime Minister Chung Hong-won andVice Speaker of the Korean National Assembly Lee Byung-suk, and visiting The Korea International Cooperation Agency, Samsung Electronics and Dongsan Engineering.
A young politician, Soro said the country of coffee and cocoa needs investment from big Korean companies that would boost infrastructures and the manufacturing industry in the country.