Chairman of the Korean Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy Joo Hyung-chul (Source: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Agencies under the Ministryfor Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have been focusing on preparingfor the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit, saidChairman of the Korean Presidential Committee on New SouthernPolicy Joo Hyung-chul.
The ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit will take place in the southern port city ofBusan on November 25 and 26, and the first Mekong-RoK Summit will be held a daylater.
In recent months, the RoK has actively prepared for the summits, which are consideredthe biggest diplomatic events since President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017.
The Korean government has established the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative SummitOrganizing Committee, involving many ministries and sectors which areresponsible for work related to building the agenda for the summits, organisingsidelines activities and logistics, and ensuring security.
According to Joo, about 30-40 events will be taking place this week.
Park So-yeon, who is in charge of the reception, said ensuring security fordelegates at the summits and anti-terrorism measures have been carried out withthe collaboration of the RoK and ASEAN countries.
Korean people have expressed their belief that relations between the ASEAN andthe RoK will flourish on the basis of good results achieved by the two sidesover the last 30 years.
They hope forstronger ties between their country and ASEAN in cultural cooperation,people-to-people exchanges and collaboration in other fields./.
VNA
