"Agricultural Diplomacy" of the Republic of Korea which moved Côte d'Ivoire strengthened friendly cooperation between the two countries.

Vice President of Côte d'Ivoire appreciated the Republic of Korea's proposal of agricultural
cooperation and reiterated solid relationship between the two countries 

In the morning of October 19^th (Thursday, local time), Minister Chung Hwang-keun of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea had a meeting with
Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné of Côte d'Ivoire and discussed
how to promote agricultural cooperation including the "K-Ricebelt"
project. In the afternoon of the same day, the Minister went all-out to win
Korea's bid to host the World Expo 2030 in Busan at the "National day"
event joined by high-profile local officials and hosted by the Embassy of the
Republic of Korea in Côte d’Ivoire, promoting active
"agricultural diplomacy."

Minister Chung Hwang-keun visited Côte d'Ivoire as a special presidential
envoy, one month after President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed food
security cooperation to Vice President Koné at the United
Nations General Assembly on September 19. The Minister delivered the
handwritten letter of President Yoon to the Vice President of Côte
d'Ivoire and promised to share Korea's agricultural technologies and experience
with Côte d'Ivoire which became the 10th recipient country of the
K-Ricebelt project. Minister Kobenan Adjoumani of Agriculture and
Rural Development and Minister Adom of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Côte
d'Ivoire also participated in the meeting, demonstrating high interest of the
government of Côte d'Ivoire. 

As an Ivorian economist and politician, Vice President Koné mentioned that he and
President Alassane Ouattara were both aware of Korea's
remarkable achievement and welcomed cooperation with the Republic of Korea
through the K-Ricebelt project as rice self-sufficiency is an important issue.
The Vice President expressed his gratitude to President Yoon and the Korean
government that showed continuous friendship and said that the government of Côte
d'Ivoire would build more solid friendship with the government of the Republic
of Korea in the future. 

In the afternoon of the same day, Minister Chung Hwang-keun attended the “National
Day” event held at the Ivorio-Korean Sports, Cultural & ICT Center.
There, the Minister had conversations with major high-level officials in the
agriculture, diplomacy, transport, communications sectors, asked for their
support for World Expo 2030 in Busan Korea and explained competitive edge
of the Republic of Korea. 

Minister Chung Hwang-keun said, "I believe I made a good impression to leaders here
by building a consensus and explaining Korea's unique experience of
agricultural development in detail as the first Minister of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea visiting Côte d'Ivoire. The
fact that the Republic of Korea provides its vision of addressing food crisis
to the international community is in line with the themes of World Expo 2030
Busan which aims to reduce inequality among and within nations and provide the
platform of solidarity. Therefore, I will promote active agricultural diplomacy
in the future.