President Moon Jae-in (R) and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (Photo: Yonhap)Hanoi (VNA) – Theleaders of Republic of Korea (RoK) and Brunei agreed on November 24 to ramp uppartnerships between the two sides on smart cities and other ICT-relatedprogrammes in a joint response to the fourth industrial revolution.
The deal came at a summit between President Moon Jae-in and Sultan HassanalBolkiah at the presidential Blue House. The Sultan of Brunei is on a statevisit to the RoK and also plans to attend the ASEAN-Republic of KoreaCommemorative Summit to open in the southern port city of Busan on November 25.
The leaders had a broad range of discussions on "substantivecooperation" for the development of RoK-Brunei relations in aforward-looking way and further strengthening of RoK-ASEAN ties, according toMoon's office.
Moon pointed out that the two countries have continued cooperationin the infrastructure and energy fields on the basis of "trust andfriendliness" over the past 35 years since the establishment of bilateraldiplomatic ties.
There aremore fields for the two nations to cooperate," he told the Sultan, addingthat potential for cooperation is indefinite ranging from cutting-edgeindustries such as ICT, smart city and e-government to the defense and armsindustry.
Moon expressed his hope for a "harmonious push" for Brunei's"Vision 2035" project and the RoK's New Southern Policy, saying itwould lead to win-win prosperity.
The Sultan agreed to seek synergy between the two major policies. As a countrycoordinator for ASEAN-RoK dialogue this year, he said, Brunei will keep closelycooperating with the RoK.
The leaders agreed on the importance of creating new growth engines related tothe Fourth Industrial Revolution and decided to step up "concretecooperation" in science and technology, ICT and e-government sectors./.
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