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Fri, 07/08/2011 - 11:40
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Lee wraps up visit to Congo focused on resources diplomacy
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left for Ethiopia on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day visit to this Congolese capital focused on deepening economic cooperation with the resources-rich nation.
During summit talks Thursday, Lee and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to work together to rebuild the war-torn Congo through a combination of Korea's technologies and Congo's rich national resources.
Specifically, Lee offered to share South Korea's economic development experience with Congo and to cooperate in transferring agricultural technologies, human resources training and drawing up national development strategies.
Kabila agreed to facilitate projects in which South Korean firms have been trying to take part, such as building water purification facilities and ports and developing mineral resources such as copper.
The two sides signed a series of agreements laying the legal grounds for economic cooperation as well as agreements to link social infrastructure construction to resources development and to conduct joint oil exploration.
Congo was the second leg of Lee's three-nation African tour. Lee earlier visited the South African city of Durban, where he campaigned successfully for the South Korean alpine city of PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
In recent years, South Korea has sought to enhance relations with Africa, seeing the continent as a "fresh engine" for South Korea's economic growth. Congo has been trying to rebuild the country since a civil war in the early 2000s.
During summit talks Thursday, Lee and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to work together to rebuild the war-torn Congo through a combination of Korea's technologies and Congo's rich national resources.
Specifically, Lee offered to share South Korea's economic development experience with Congo and to cooperate in transferring agricultural technologies, human resources training and drawing up national development strategies.
Kabila agreed to facilitate projects in which South Korean firms have been trying to take part, such as building water purification facilities and ports and developing mineral resources such as copper.
The two sides signed a series of agreements laying the legal grounds for economic cooperation as well as agreements to link social infrastructure construction to resources development and to conduct joint oil exploration.
Congo was the second leg of Lee's three-nation African tour. Lee earlier visited the South African city of Durban, where he campaigned successfully for the South Korean alpine city of PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
In recent years, South Korea has sought to enhance relations with Africa, seeing the continent as a "fresh engine" for South Korea's economic growth. Congo has been trying to rebuild the country since a civil war in the early 2000s.
