MALAYSIA: South Korean and Malaysia to cooperate in green technology and enhance bilateral trade

Record ID: 862935

  • Title: MALAYSIA: South Korean and Malaysia to cooperate in green technology and enhance bilateral trade
  • Date: 11th December 2010
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (DECEMBER 10, 2010) (REUTERS) MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK AND SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT WALKING INTO PRESS CONFERENCE PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT, LEE MYUNG-BAK, SAYING: "We've managed to achieve a tremendous amount of bilateral trade in the figures of 16 billion U.S. dollars, and in the next five years, I'm confident that we can double this figure." REPORTER ASKING QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT, LEE MYUNG-BAK, SAYING: "The perception regarding nuclear energy is shifting in the world today to the major and new energy of the future that would tackle climate change. I would like to take this opportunity today to reach out to the people of Malaysia, especially those who have some concerns about the safety and reliability of nuclear energy - that is not so." SOUTH KOREAN AND MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS NAJIB AND LEE SHAKES HAND
  • Embargoed: 26th December 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Malaysia, Malaysia
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  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: International Relations,Nature / Environment
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  • Story Text: South Korea and Malaysia on Friday (December 10) agreed to boost bilateral trade and expand green technology development to tackle global climate change.
    "We've managed to achieve a tremendous amount of bilateral trade in the figures of 16 billion U.S. dollars, and in the next five years, I'm confident that we can double this figure," South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told reporters at a joint news conference after meeting with his counterpart, Prime Minister Najib Razak.
    Bilateral trade between the two countries for 2010 up till October, amounted to 44.2 billion ringgit ($14 billion USD) compared to 41.5 billion ringgit ($13.2 billion USD) for the whole of 2009.
    Both sides have signed a treaty to encourage bilateral cooperation in government and private sectors. The pact also included other collaborations such as tackling global climate change using nuclear energy field.
    "The perception regarding nuclear energy is shifting in the world today to the major and new energy of the future that would tackle climate change. I would like to take this opportunity today to reach out to the people of Malaysia, especially those who have some concerns about the safety and reliability of nuclear energy - that is not so," Lee told reporters.
    Reporters were not allowed to ask any questions related to tensions in the Korean peninsula during the news conference.
    This is Lee's first foreign trip after North Korea's fatal artillery shelling to a South Korean island, while killed two marines and two civilians.
    Lee flew in to Kuala Lumpur after attending a democracy forum in Indonesia's island of Bali the previous day, he will return to Seoul.
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