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Fri, August 19, 2022 | 17:03
Foreign Affairs
Moon, Visegrad leaders agree to bolster cooperation
Posted : 2021-11-05 09:09
Updated : 2021-11-05 09:09
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President Moon Jae-in, second from left, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger, second from right, and Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, stand during a press conference after a meeting in Budapest, Nov. 4. AP-Yonhap
President Moon Jae-in, second from left, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger, second from right, and Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, stand during a press conference after a meeting in Budapest, Nov. 4. AP-Yonhap

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the prime ministers of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, known collectively as the Visegrad group, agreed Thursday to bolster their cooperation in the fields of economy, science, technology and climate change.

Moon, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki held their second group summit in Budapest earlier in the day.

During the summit, the leaders gave high marks to the fact that bilateral trade between South Korea and the Visegrad nations reached an all-time high last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

"In spite of a contraction in global trade last year due to COVID-19, the Visegrad group emerged as the second-biggest trade bloc in the European Union," Moon told the summit.

The leaders also agreed to further expand cooperation not only in areas related to technological transformation, dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but also in digital technology and healthcare.

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To find new growth engines and achieve carbon neutrality, the leaders agreed to jointly seek collaboration in hydrogen-related industries and infrastructure, according to Moon's office.

Moon also briefed the Visegrad leaders on recent situations on the Korean Peninsula, and the Visegrad leaders reaffirmed their support for efforts to bring peace on the peninsula.

In a post-summit joint statement, Moon and the Visegrad leaders "stressed the importance of resuming sustainable dialogue amongst all concerned parties, including through the full and expeditious implementation of previous inter-Korean and U.S.-DPRK (North Korea) commitments."

After the group summit, Moon held bilateral summits with the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

At a summit with the Slovak prime minister, Moon asked Slovakia to help Korean firms join the European nation's infrastructure projects. Moon and Heger also discussed ways to promote bilateral relations through cooperation in the economy, science and technology.

During a summit with the Polish prime minister, Moon asked Morawiecki to further expand bilateral cooperation into the fields of nuclear power plants, arms procurement and infrastructure.

Moon also thanked the Polish Government for arranging entry into Poland by essential personnel from Korean businesses last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a summit with the Czech prime minister, Moon and Babis stressed the importance of mutual cooperation in future-oriented industrial sectors.

Babis said Korean companies have successfully taken root in the Czech Republic, expressing hopes that the two nations will continue cooperating in science, innovation and cutting-edge technologies. (Yonhap)



 
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