Seoul Declaration sets 30-year Korea-Central Asia agenda on minerals, energy, AI
Korea and five Central Asian countries adopted the Seoul Declaration Wednesday, outlining a vision for cooperation over the next 30 years as they elevate their multilateral partnership to the leaders’ level. Announced at the inaugural multilateral summit, the declaration institutionalizes a biennial leaders’ summit and sets out cooperation across four broad areas — partnership, peace, prosperity…
The Seoul Declaration, adopted by Korea and five Central Asian countries on Wednesday, outlines a 30-year cooperation agenda. This marks the elevation of their multilateral partnership to the level of leaders. At the inaugural multilateral summit, the declaration institutionalizes a biennial summit and sets forth cooperation across four key areas: partnership, peace, prosperity, and people-to-people exchanges, encompassing supply chains, critical minerals, energy, trade, investment, emerging technologies, and security.
The summit convened President Lee Jae Myung and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, signifying the advancement of a cooperation framework that started at the vice-ministerial level in 2007 and was raised to the ministerial level in 2019. Kazakhstan proposed hosting the second summit in Astana in 2028, which was accepted by the other participating countries.
The declaration sets the stage for more structured economic cooperation, including critical minerals, energy, trade, investment, and the leveraging of emerging technologies.
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