[434th Edition] June 11, 2020
	Minister of Foreign Affairs Participates in  9th Video Conference of Ministerial  Coordination Group on COVID-19 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha attended the 9th  multilateral video conference among the foreign ministers  of the “Ministerial Coordination Group on COVID-19” on  June 9, and suggested that countries, while maintaining  stable disease prevention and control, further step up efforts  to continue essential exchanges with one another in a bid to  maintain global supply chains and achieve economic  recovery. Minister Kang went on to explain the situation  in the ROK, saying that since the initial stages of the   COVID-19 crisis, the ROK government has continued  to seek ways to enable people’s economic activities and  daily lives while curbing the spread of COVID-19  infections and has steadily been working for “distancing in  everyday life” to take root. Minister of Foreign Affairs Attends  Global Vaccine Summit 2020 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha   attended the “Global Vaccine Summit 2020,”  held in the form of a video conference on June  4. The Global Vaccine Summit 2020 brought   together heads of state and ministers from  more than 30 countries as well as heads  of the United Nations, the World  Health Organization, and the Bill &  Melinda Gates Foundation. Minister of Foreign Affairs Attends Webinar  titled “Democracy in the Time of Corona” Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha attended  a webinar titled “Democracy in the time of Corona,”  co-hosted by the International Institute for Democracy  and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and  the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in the  Republic of Korea on June 9. Telephone Conversation between Foreign  Ministers of ROK and UK Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha had a  telephone conversation with Mr. Dominic Rennie  Raab, Secretary of State for Foreign and  Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom  of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on J une 10. They discussed response to COVID-19,  the revision of bilateral agreements in preparation  for Brexit, the special message of Her Majesty  The Queen of the UK, environmental cooperation  and the current global affairs. Telephone Conversation between Foreign  Ministers of ROK and Hungary Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang, Kyung-wha had   a telephone conversation with Minister of  Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary  Péter Szijjártó on June 8 around the 1st anniversary  of the boat accident in Hungary and discussed  ways for cooperation on COVID-19 response as  well as development of the relations between  the Republic of Korea and Hungary. Interested in Korea's Beautiful Island, Dokdo? Click Here