According to him, the topics of discussion included the deepening of bilateral connections, collaboration in the areas of trade and business, people-to-people exchanges, science and technology, defense, and culture.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday that India and South Korea cooperation in new areas including semiconductors, green hydrogen, and important and emerging technologies to modernize bilateral relations. This was said by Jaishankar, who was co-chairing the 10th India-South Korea Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Seoul with his colleague Cho Tae-yul.
He stated that the two parties had a thorough and fruitful conversation on working together on trade, science and technology, and defense.
He stated that people-to-people interactions strengthened bilateral ties, India and South Korea cooperation in the fields of defense, science and technology, commerce and trade, and cultural cooperation were among the subjects covered at the talks.
“Talked about strengthening trilateral collaboration as well. We discussed issues of common interest on a regional and global scale, as well as the changes in the Indo-Pacific and our convergences to address difficulties in the area,” Jaishankar stated.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2015 visit to South Korea, Jaishankar stated in his opening remarks that the two countries’ bilateral relations had reached a new level of special strategic partnership.
We must uphold that. Over the intervening years, we have strengthened ourselves more and more. Our bilateral interactions, commerce, investments, defense, and scientific and technology collaboration have all steadily increased while maintaining the momentum in the traditional areas of India and South Korea cooperation, demonstrating that we have evolved into genuinely significant partners for one another, the minister stated.
“We would be very much interested now in expanding into new areas, such as critical and emerging technologies, semiconductors, green hydrogen, human resource mobility, nuclear cooperation, supply chain resilience, etc to make our ties more contemporary,”.
He claimed that in international forums, the two countries saw an increasing convergence of viewpoints.
“The focus on the Indo-Pacific region is a good case to point, and we both have stakes and its stability, security, and prosperity,” he remarked. Jaishankar claims that he entered the joint commission with much optimism and zeal.
“I am aware of our great mutual affection. Our task is to convert that into useful results,” he remarked.
“Our leaders met twice in a year, once in New Delhi and once in Hiroshima. We now have the path we need to go in, I think from their chats,” he added.
Additionally, he congratulated Cho on being named Foreign Minister in December.
“So let me offer my best wishes for your successful tenure,” he said.
On the first phase of his four-day trip to Japan and South Korea, Jaishankar is in Seoul.
On Tuesday, he also had a meeting with Gimhae City Mayor Hong Tae-Yong, during which they talked about enhancing their collaboration in culture and education.
“The Gimhae- Ayodhya connect is a testament to our shared cultural heritage and longstanding people-to-people relations,” he stated.
The story of Queen Heo Hwang-ok, also known as Princess Suriratna, has been credited with creating a strong emotional bond between Ayodhya and Korea.
According to Korean folklore, the young princess from Ayodhya traveled 4,500 kilometers across the ocean in a boat about 2,000 years ago and married King Kim Suro, who established the Gaya Kingdom in the nation of north Asia. After that, Suriratna, the princess, evolved into Queen Heo Hwang-ok.
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