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TCS Secretary-General and Staff Members Visit the NEAR Secretariat2022-04-29

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On April 29, Secretary-General Ou Boqian and the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) staff members visited the NEAR Secretariat. Ms. Ou met with Secretary-General Kim Ok-chae and exchanged opinions on cooperation between NEAR and the TCS.


Mr. Kim started by sharing that NEAR plays the same role as a type of regional United Nations by taking the lead in grassroots exchange between local governments in Northeast Asia, where the so-called Asian Paradox exists. Then he proposed future inter-organizational cooperation with the TCS in various areas.



Ms. Ou said that this year marks the start of another decade of development. The TCS focused more on exchanges among the central governments of the Republic of Korea, China, and Japan, over the past decade. However, she hoped that the TCS would further contribute to private exchanges among the local governments of each country for the next decade and that the two organizations would develop better cooperative relations hereafter. Moreover, she officially invited Mr. Kim to the “2022 International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation,” which is scheduled to be held on June 14. 



The TCS is an international organization established with a vision to promote peace and common prosperity among the Republic of Korea, China, and Japan. Upon the agreement signed and ratified by each of the three governments, the TCS was officially established in Seoul in September 2011. Ms. Ou took office as the sixth Secretary-General in September 2021.