The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea announced plans today with regard to launching the Korea-ASEAN Trade and Economic Think Tank Dialogue (“Dialogue”), proposed by Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during the 25th Korea-ASEAN Summit held on October 10 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The Dialogue was first proposed as a concrete joint project on the occasion of the bilateral Korea-ASEAN diplomatic relations advancing to a comprehensive strategic partnership in commemoration of this year marking the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Korea-ASEAN dialogue relations, as well as a follow-up measure to the Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative (KASI) announced by the Yoon administration at the 23rd Korea-ASEAN Summit in November 2022.
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