On 26-30 November of this year, President Edgars Rinkēvičs, together with a delegation of entrepreneurs, will pay a working visit to the Republic of Korea.
As part of his visit, President Rinkēvičs will meet with the President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and other senior officials, open a business forum of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Korea, commemorate Latvian soldiers killed in the Korean War at a solemn ceremony at the Korean War Memorial, and visit the Korean Demilitarised Zone.
The meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea will cover bilateral relations, security cooperation, and issues related to regional security and nuclear safety, particularly in the context of the involvement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
One of the primary objectives of the visit is to promote economic cooperation with the Republic of Korea by strengthening existing partnerships in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering, wood processing and tourism, as well as developing new areas of cooperation, including biomedicine.
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Four Latvians made the ultimate sacrifice in the Korean War, serving in the US Army – Private Aivars Kārlis Salenieks and Private First Class Bruno Glāzers, Rūdolfs Liepa and Jānis Krūmiņš.