The TCS board members (SG MICHIGAMI Hisahi, DSG CAO Jing, DSG KANG Do-ho) paid a courtesy call on former U.N. Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon, currently serving as the Chairman of the ROK government’s National Council on Climate and Air Quality, and exchanged views on the future direction of trilateral cooperation. Chairman Ban stressed the importance of maintaining close and friendly relations between the three neighboring countries, expecting the TCS to play a role in promoting these ties in an impartial and open manner. He also stressed that the TCS should move forward from a future-oriented perspective, especially on the recently pressing issues of epidemics, fine dust and education cooperation particularly in the environmental sector. These issues, in nature, cannot be solved by the efforts of one country alone, so that the concerned countries should make it a guiding principle to try to understand each other better. In this regard, he asked the TCS for an active role, such as proposing more future-oriented ideas and influencing government policy.
▲TCS Board and Chairman BAN Ki-moon (From left, DSG CAO Jing, SG MICHIGAMI Hisashi, Chairman BAN Ki-moon, DSG KANG Do-ho, Amb. KIM Sook)
