Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | Korea and Egypt have officially launched Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations, elevating bilateral economic relations to a new level. Korea's expanded economic diplomacy in the Middle East and Africa, together with Egypt's foreign investment attraction strategy are seen as the impetus behind the agreement. Yeo Han-koo, Korea’s Chief Negotiator for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Hassan El-Khatib, Egypt's Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, signed a "Joint Declaration on CEPA Promotion" in Cairo on January 18 (lo
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on Feb. 24 that DAPA Minister Seok Jong-gun visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt from March 17 to 21 (local time) to expand defense exports. DAPA Minister Seok attended IDEX in the UAE, the largest defense exhibition in the Middle East and North Africa, where he met with senior defense officials from various countries. He met with key defense officials from the UAE to discuss ways for Korean defense companies to participate. In particular, at IDEX, Seok signed a Memorandum of Understand