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S. Korea's ruling party to send delegation to U.S. for networking
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party will send a delegation to
the United States next month to exchange policy views and enhance its network
with the incoming U.S. administration, a key lawmaker said Sunday.
Rep. Chung Mong-joon, a supreme council member of the Grand National Party, said
the five-member delegation will embark on a six-day trip to New York and
Washington on Dec. 1.
"With this visit, we want to gather comprehensive information on the new Barack
Obama administration's policy on the Korean Peninsula, and we also put emphasis
on building a network with the Obama government," Chung told reporters.
In New York, the lawmakers are scheduled to meet members of the National
Committee on American Foreign Policy, which hosted a Korea forum earlier this
month to generate the first official contact between Pyongyang and Washington
following Barack Obama's election. Ri Gun, director general of the North American
affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, discussed nuclear issues with
Frank Jannuzi, a key foreign policy adviser of U.S. President-elect Obama, on the
sidelines of the committee's forum on Nov. 7.
In Washington, the lawmakers are expected to meet with Richard Holbrooke, a
former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. assistant secretary
of state, and Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state, and visit the
Brookings Institution, a think tank for the U.S. Democratic Party, Chung said.
Other members of the delegation are Ko Sung-Doug and Hong Jung-wook, both of whom
are Harvard graduates, former Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo and Chun Yu-ok, head
of the ruling party's international affairs committee.
The lawmakers are also seeking to meet with Obama, but no such schedule has been
set yet, sources said.
Several ruling party lawmakers including Park Jin and Hwang Jin-ha are planning
to visit the U.S. in November and December to contact the new U.S. administration
and urge congressional leaders to ratify the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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the United States next month to exchange policy views and enhance its network
with the incoming U.S. administration, a key lawmaker said Sunday.
Rep. Chung Mong-joon, a supreme council member of the Grand National Party, said
the five-member delegation will embark on a six-day trip to New York and
Washington on Dec. 1.
"With this visit, we want to gather comprehensive information on the new Barack
Obama administration's policy on the Korean Peninsula, and we also put emphasis
on building a network with the Obama government," Chung told reporters.
In New York, the lawmakers are scheduled to meet members of the National
Committee on American Foreign Policy, which hosted a Korea forum earlier this
month to generate the first official contact between Pyongyang and Washington
following Barack Obama's election. Ri Gun, director general of the North American
affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, discussed nuclear issues with
Frank Jannuzi, a key foreign policy adviser of U.S. President-elect Obama, on the
sidelines of the committee's forum on Nov. 7.
In Washington, the lawmakers are expected to meet with Richard Holbrooke, a
former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. assistant secretary
of state, and Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state, and visit the
Brookings Institution, a think tank for the U.S. Democratic Party, Chung said.
Other members of the delegation are Ko Sung-Doug and Hong Jung-wook, both of whom
are Harvard graduates, former Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo and Chun Yu-ok, head
of the ruling party's international affairs committee.
The lawmakers are also seeking to meet with Obama, but no such schedule has been
set yet, sources said.
Several ruling party lawmakers including Park Jin and Hwang Jin-ha are planning
to visit the U.S. in November and December to contact the new U.S. administration
and urge congressional leaders to ratify the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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