National Assembly Speaker Park Byung-seok, Russian Senate Prevention

On the afternoon of the 3rd, National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok received the prevention of senators including Russian Senator Aleksandr Rakitin at the Parliament House Speaker’s Office, and exchanged opinions on economic cooperation between the two countries and issues on the Korean Peninsula. Chairman Park also requested the Russian Parliament to attend the general meeting of the 29th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) to be held in Seoul next month.The APPF General Assembly is the Asia-Pacific regional parliamentary forum corresponding to the ‘Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’, the world’s largest regional cooperative. The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is presided over.Regarding economic cooperation between the two countries, Chairman Park said, “It is very encouraging that the trade volume between the two countries increased by 47% in the third quarter compared to the same period of the previous year even amid the coronavirus pandemic. If the industrial complex development project progresses quickly, many Korean companies will be able to advance into many fields such as agriculture and fisheries,” he emphasized.Rep. Rakitin replied, “I hope that the ‘Nine Bridges’ project promoted by the Moon Jae-in administration will serve as a catalyst for economic cooperation between the two countries. .The nine bridge projects are projects in which the two countries cooperate in nine fields, including energy, railroad/infrastructure, shipbuilding, ports/navigation, agriculture and fisheries, health, investment, innovation platform, and culture/tourism. Institutional councils were held.Regarding the Korean Peninsula issue, Chairman Park said, “The declaration of an end to the war is very important for peace not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in Asia.”In response, Rep. Rakitin said, “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is rapidly changing in various forms. I think that President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to declare an end to the Korean War is also a very good sign.”Regarding exchanges and cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries, Chairman Park said, “During an official visit to Russia last May, he and Senator Matvienko shared his views on the issue of exchanges between lawmakers from the two countries at the Regional Cooperation Forum in Ulsan and the Eurasian Women’s Forum in St. Petersburg. “Four senior female representatives from Korea visited the Eurasian Women’s Forum, and both of you came to Korea,” he said.On this day, the prevention was carried out for about 40 minutes from 3 pm.On the Russian Senate side, Olga Yepipanova, Chairman of the Russian-Korean Parliamentary Cooperation Group, Yuri Arkharov, Yuri Balyaev, and Dennis Gusev, Russian Deputy Ambassador to Korea Valery Guenkov, etc. Senior Secretary for Public Affairs, Special Foreign Affairs Ambassador Kim Hyung-gil, and International Director Kwak Hyeon-joon were in attendance.