1. First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong and his Slovakian counterpart Peter Burian signed the “Implementing Programme for Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Sport and Tourism between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic” at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 17.

2. The Implementing Programme aims to facilitate cooperation between the ROK and Slovakia in the fields of culture, education, sport and tourism, including people-to-people and content exchanges. It also encourages the two countries to participate in cultural and sport events hosted by the other country.

3. This Implementing Programme is the first implementing programme signed since the ROK and Slovakia concluded the Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Tourism in 2007. The Implementing Programme is expected to contribute to expanding bilateral exchanges and promoting friendly relations by encouraging the two countries to implement cooperation programs in culture, education, sport and tourism for the next three years. 


                  Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFA

*unofficial translation