By: our Staff Writer
Addis Ababa( Ethiopia Today) August 11, 2023: Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa on Wednesday and asked for the African nation’s support for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo.
Seoul’s top diplomat stressed that Ethiopia, where the African Union is headquartered, holds pivotal status in South Korea’s diplomacy with the continent and proposed advancing bilateral relations into a strategic partnership.
Park said the expo’s goal is to share Korea’s development experience with developing countries and strengthen long-term cooperation.
He also briefed the Ethiopian leader on Seoul’s “bold initiative” policy of economic support for North Korea in return for denuclearization while stressing the importance of a stern and unified global response to the regime’s missile provocations.
In response, the prime minister urged efforts to uncover cooperative projects in areas of agriculture, mining, industrial technology, public health and trade.
On Wednesday, Park also hosted a meeting of 22 heads of Korean mission offices in Africa.
