Kathmandu July 21: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that Nepal and the Republic of Korea should work to further deepen bilateral relations and ensure cooperation.
At a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Tae-Young Park on Thursday, the Deputy Prime Minister also expressed pleasure in organizing separate programmes in Kathmandu and Seoul to further deepen the friendly ties between the two countries on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of formal diplomatic ties.
Likewise, the DPM recalled that South Korea is Nepal’s reliable development partner for a long and its support to Nepal’s energy, health care, education, human resource and rural development sectors was crucial. On the occasion, Korean Ambassador Park said that Nepal was the first priority for migrant workers in South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS). The Ambassador said that as high as 10,000 Nepalis would be provided with employment opportunities in the next year under the EPS model.
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