RoK President Moon Jae-in. (Source: Time Magazine)Hanoi (VNA) - President of the Republic of Korea(RoK) Moon Jae-in will hold a summit with the leaders of ten Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in November, the RoK’sPresidential Residence said on April 1.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s leader Kim Jong-un ispossible to be present at the event, according to the sources.
The special RoK-ASEAN summit will be held in the RoK's port city of Busan, 450kilometers south of Seoul, on November 25-26. It will mark the 30th anniversaryof the establishment of the dialogue relationship between the RoK and ASEAN.
As the largest international conference to be held in the RoKsince the launch of the incumbent administration, the summit is expected toreview the development of RoK-ASEAN relations over the past 30 years andsuggest a new vision for development in the next 30 years, Yoon Do-han, seniorsecretary to the president for public relations, told a press briefing.
The 10-member ASEAN is at the centre of the RoK's New SouthernPolicy that seeks to boost the RoK's economic and diplomatic ties withSoutheast Asian countries and India.
The ASEAN countries already make up the RoK’s second-largest tradepartner, with bilateral trade between the country and the 10 ASEAN countriesreaching a record high of 160 billion USD in 2018.
Seoul seeks to increase the two-way trade with ASEAN to 200billion USD by 2020.
The RoK-ASEAN summit will be followed by a separate meeting onNovember 27, involving the leaders of five ASEAN countries along the MekongRiver, comprising Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. -VNA
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s leader Kim Jong-un ispossible to be present at the event, according to the sources.
The special RoK-ASEAN summit will be held in the RoK's port city of Busan, 450kilometers south of Seoul, on November 25-26. It will mark the 30th anniversaryof the establishment of the dialogue relationship between the RoK and ASEAN.
As the largest international conference to be held in the RoKsince the launch of the incumbent administration, the summit is expected toreview the development of RoK-ASEAN relations over the past 30 years andsuggest a new vision for development in the next 30 years, Yoon Do-han, seniorsecretary to the president for public relations, told a press briefing.
The 10-member ASEAN is at the centre of the RoK's New SouthernPolicy that seeks to boost the RoK's economic and diplomatic ties withSoutheast Asian countries and India.
The ASEAN countries already make up the RoK’s second-largest tradepartner, with bilateral trade between the country and the 10 ASEAN countriesreaching a record high of 160 billion USD in 2018.
Seoul seeks to increase the two-way trade with ASEAN to 200billion USD by 2020.
The RoK-ASEAN summit will be followed by a separate meeting onNovember 27, involving the leaders of five ASEAN countries along the MekongRiver, comprising Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. -VNA
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