SEOUL, President Moon Jae-in left for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday for talks with UAE leaders as South Korea seeks to explore business opportunities with the Middle East nation in the fields of hydrogen, space and other sectors.
On Sunday, Moon will attend a bilateral business roundtable on cooperation in the hydrogen industry, during which he plans to ask the UAE to help Korean firms make inroads into the UAE’s hydrogen industry.
Also scheduled for Sunday are a visit to a “Day of Korea” ceremony at the Expo 2020 Dubai and a meeting with the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
During the talks, Moon and the UAE prime minister plan to discuss ways to expand cooperation in infrastructure, efforts to tackle climate change, and space. The two leaders will also discuss Korea’s bid to host the 2030 Expo.
In Dubai, Moon will step up South Korea’s campaign to host the Expo at the nation’s southeastern port city of Busan in 2030.
The following day, Moon plans to deliver a keynote address on carbon neutrality at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and hold a summit meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on ways to deepen bilateral cooperation over climate change, national security and defense, and public health.
In October last year, South Korea and the UAE announced that they will launch official talks toward a bilateral free trade agreement. The UAE is Korea’s top export market in the Middle East and its biggest partner in human resource exchanges in the region.
Source: Yonhap News Agency