Ethiopia: Africa and South Korea Senior Officials Meet to Discuss Cooperation Ties

By Staff writer

ADDIS ABABA— African and Korean senior officials are meeting, Thursday, 7th June 2012 in the New African Union Conference Center (AUCC) of the AU Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss ways to reinforce the multilateral cooperation in different areas of development including peace and Security; Africa’s agriculture; infrastructure; science and technology; capacity building; information and communication among others.

The meeting is organized by the Partnerships Management and Coordination Division, Bureau of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).

The meeting will provide a platform for strengthening multilateral ties that the Korean Government has with African countries through the African Union.

Participants at the Africa-South Korea Senior official meeting will include representatives of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) Sub-Committee on Multilateral Cooperation, the Korean delegation, AU Departments and other invited guests.