S. Korea, UAE to hold foreign ministers' talks

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministers of South Korea and the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) will hold a meeting here this week to discuss ways of
strengthening bilateral cooperation, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.
At the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will exchange views
on increased cooperation in the atomic energy sector.
They will also talk about ways to expand South Korean companies' share in the
construction and plant markets in the UAE, as well as bilateral collaboration on
the international stage, the ministry said.
After talks with Yu, the UAE foreign minister will visit South Korean Prime
Minister Han Seung-soo, it said.
The meeting was originally scheduled for Monday, but was delayed at the request
of the UAE foreign minister, the ministry said.
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