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RA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOPES THAT SOUTH KOREA WILL KEEP TO ITS BALANCED POSITION WITH REGARD TO ISSUE OF NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Noyan Tapan
Aug 16, 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Lee Kyu-hyung, the newly-appointed
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Armenia (residence in Moscow),
submitted the duplicate of his credentials to Vardan Oskanian, the RA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, on August 16. According to the information
provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press and Information Department of the
RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister expressed satisfaction
with the recent enlivening of Armenian-Korean bilateral relations
in the sphere of economy and culture, in particular. It was also
mentioned that Armenia strives to develop bilateral relations with
the leading countries of the Asian region.
During the meeting the sides referred to the prospects of bilateral
cooperation. The Ambassador mentioned that Korea is interested in
a more active envolvement of Armenia in its numerous educational
programs directed at the exchange of experience and the development
of the country.
On the occasion of the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, Vardan Oskanian expressed hope that South Korea will keep to
its balanced position. The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs re-affirmed
the position of Armenia with regard to continuing the negotiations
directed at a peaceful settlement by the format of the OSCE Minsk
Group, that is to say by not moving it to the UN, in difference to
Azerbaijan, which is for this idea.
Reference: Lee Kyu-hyung graduated from the Department of International
Relations of the Seoul National University in 1974. He has been
a collaborator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea since
1974. He was appointed head of the United Nations Affairs Division of
the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been the spokesperson
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea since 1997. In 1999
he was appointed Plenipotentiary Minister of the Korean Embassy in
China. He has been the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the Republic of Bangladesh since 2002.
He was appointed spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade in 2004 and Deputy Minister in 2005.
Noyan Tapan
Aug 16, 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Lee Kyu-hyung, the newly-appointed
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Armenia (residence in Moscow),
submitted the duplicate of his credentials to Vardan Oskanian, the RA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, on August 16. According to the information
provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press and Information Department of the
RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister expressed satisfaction
with the recent enlivening of Armenian-Korean bilateral relations
in the sphere of economy and culture, in particular. It was also
mentioned that Armenia strives to develop bilateral relations with
the leading countries of the Asian region.
During the meeting the sides referred to the prospects of bilateral
cooperation. The Ambassador mentioned that Korea is interested in
a more active envolvement of Armenia in its numerous educational
programs directed at the exchange of experience and the development
of the country.
On the occasion of the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, Vardan Oskanian expressed hope that South Korea will keep to
its balanced position. The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs re-affirmed
the position of Armenia with regard to continuing the negotiations
directed at a peaceful settlement by the format of the OSCE Minsk
Group, that is to say by not moving it to the UN, in difference to
Azerbaijan, which is for this idea.
Reference: Lee Kyu-hyung graduated from the Department of International
Relations of the Seoul National University in 1974. He has been
a collaborator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea since
1974. He was appointed head of the United Nations Affairs Division of
the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been the spokesperson
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea since 1997. In 1999
he was appointed Plenipotentiary Minister of the Korean Embassy in
China. He has been the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the Republic of Bangladesh since 2002.
He was appointed spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade in 2004 and Deputy Minister in 2005.