This-year’s Korean Embassy’s Annual Reception for Economic Partners, held on Thursday, 1 June, brought together over 100 guests to the Residence of Ambassador, where they enjoyed refreshments and traditional Korean food and drinks.
In his welcoming remarks, H.E. Ambassador Jaewoong Lee thanked everyone for their support and contribution to strengthening economic cooperation between Korea and Serbia. Much has been done in this field lately, including a tentative deal to sign a bilateral investment treaty aimed at promotion of mutual investments, visits of high-level Korean delegations and business people a business roundtable prepared by KOTRA, while working-level discussions on free trade agreement are underway.
Ambassador Lee expressed hope that both Korea and Serbia will win their bids to host two world’s biggest trade shows in the coming years, Belgrade, Serbia, to host World Expo 2027 and Busan, Korea, to host World Expo 2030.
H.E. Jaewoong Lee took the opportunity to say goodbye to Director General of KOTRA M. Kisang Hwang whose term in Serbia ends this summer.