Baek Kyung-hoon (배경훈), deputy prime minister and minister of science and ICT, met Canadian Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu on Monday and mentioned methods to strengthen science and technology cooperation between the 2 nations.
The two sides reviewed ongoing cooperation, together with joint analysis and personnel exchanges, based mostly on the Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Agreement signed in 2016. They additionally mentioned the route for the fifth Joint Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, to be held in Seoul within the second half of this yr.
Baek mentioned, “I hope that through the joint committee we can share policies in key technology areas and identify specific cooperation tasks.”
He added, “I ask that, taking the Canadian trade mission’s visit to South Korea as an opportunity, practical and meaningful cooperation expands across various economic, industrial and technology fields such as shipbuilding, defence and energy.”