S.Korea, Britain sign letter of intent to establish strategic development partnership

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S.Korea, Britain sign letter of intent to establish strategic development partnership

May 13, 2023
Updated: 10:23 am

S.Korea, Britain sign letter of intent to establish strategic development partnership

Seoul, May 12 : South Korea and Britain on Friday signed a letter of intent (LOI) to establish a bilateral strategic development partnership, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The LOI was signed by Seoul's Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon, First Vice Finance Minister Bang Ki-sun and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Britain's minister of state for the Indo-Pacific, at the ministry in Seoul. The letter calls for the establishment of a bilateral strategic development partnership in the Indo-Pacific based on shared values of freedom, democracy, rule of law and human rights, Yonhap news agency reported. The two sides also agreed to explore joint cooperation measures with a focus on the areas of digital, climate, environment, public health, private sector collaboration and women, according to the ministry. /IANS

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