The highest diplomats of Korea and Britain have mentioned efforts to spice up cooperation within the economic system and different areas, together with revising the bilateral free commerce pact and strengthening the partnership in renewable vitality, Seoul’s overseas ministry mentioned Wednesday.
Overseas Minister Cho Hyun met one-on-one for the primary time with British Secretary of State Yvette Cooper on the margins of the Group of Seven (G7) overseas ministerial assembly in Canada, the place Cho is attending this week because the consultant of a visitor nation.
Through the assembly, Cho expressed hope that the 2 nations will proceed to deepen financial cooperation by expediting the method for the revision of the free commerce settlement.
Cooper, in flip, mentioned Britain hopes to strengthen cooperation with Korea in renewable vitality to assist enhance progress and job creation, and discover new avenues of partnership in synthetic intelligence, local weather change and protection.
The 2 sides additionally exchanged views on the conditions on the Korean Peninsula and in Ukraine and agreed to work collectively in addressing world points.
