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Ceremony welcomes ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit

A ceremony to welcome the upcoming ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit was held in the southeastern port city of Busan on November 10, luring the participation of around 10,000 people.
Ceremony welcomes ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit ảnh 1Korean President Moon Jae-in (Source: Yonhap/VNA) 

Seoul (VNA) – A ceremony to welcome the upcoming ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit was held in the southeastern port city of Busan onNovember 10, luring the participation of around 10,000 people.

Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha andMayor of Busan city Oh Keo-don attended the event, which aims to attract theattention of Korean people to the diplomatic event.

The commemorative summit will be organised on November 25 and 26, whilethe Mekong-RoK Summit will take place on November 27.

This is the largest diplomatic event held in the country since President MoonJae-in took office in May 2017.

The commemorative summit takes place at a time when the RoK is promotingrelations with member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN).

According to President Moon’s New Southern Policy, the Korean government looks to upgrade itsstrategic partnership with ASEAN as part of its efforts to diversify diplomaticties./.


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