By UN Journal Kayla Lee Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul met with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretary General Wamkele Keabetswe Mene and discussed Korea-AfCFTA cooperation and the upcoming Korea-Africa Summit on April 23. Minister Cho welcomed Secretary General Mene to Korea for the second time since his visit in July last year and praised the AfCFTA's efforts to integrate Africa into a single market. Minister Cho also expressed that the Korean government, as well as Korean companies seeking to enter Africa, are very interested in the progress of the implementation of the Af
By UN Journal Kayla Lee While attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 3-4, Brussels), Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul held back-to-back meetings with Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky and Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot on April 4 to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation in the international arena, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the region. During the meeting with Minister Lipavsky, Minister Cho expressed his hope that the two countries, which share universal values, will continue to strengthen high-level ex