President Park Geun-hye will depart for Paris on Nov. 29 to attend the COP21 climate summit. She will then pay a state visit to Prague and meet with leaders from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The above photo shows G20 leaders in Turkey where President Park attended the G20 Antalya Summit on Nov. 16.

President Park Geun-hye will leave for Paris on Nov. 29 to attend the COP21 climate summit. She will then pay a state visit to Prague and meet with leaders from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The above photo shows G20 leaders in Turkey where President Park attended the G20 Antalya Summit on Nov. 16.

President Park Geun-hye will depart for France on Nov. 29 to attend the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21). After Paris, she will travel to Prague where she will meet with leaders from the Visegrad Four (V4) countries: Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

At the COP21 climate summit, representatives from 195 countries will gather to discuss the establishment of a new environmental framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

The upcoming gathering will be attended by leaders from 138 countries, including President François Hollande of France, the host country, U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.N. Security General Ban Ki-moon.

President Park will cooperate with the international community to make efforts on launching a new structure to manage climate change. She will explain Korea’s efforts to respond to a warming planet, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

While in Paris, President Park will deliver a special address at the headquarters of UNESCO, as she was invited to do so by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova. The president will also sign a memorandum of understanding with UNESCO covering voluntary contributions.

President Park will then head to Prague to attend a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries — the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — from Dec. 2 to 4. During the summits, she will discuss measures to cooperate on new growth sectors and on helping Korean firms participate in state-funded projects, such as nuclear power plants and infrastructure construction projects that the V4 countries have been carrying out.

While in Prague, she will hold summit talks with Czech President Milos Zeman and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, and attend meetings with leaders from both the upper and lower houses.

Her itinerary in the Czech Republic also includes a business forum and a marionette performance. Her visit to the Czech Republic is made upon the invitation of the Czech government to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Seoul and Prague.

By Wi Tack-whan, Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writers
Photo: Cheong Wa Dae
whan23@korea.kr