[Gyeonggi delegation visits the Maritime Territory ④] Succeeds in exchange and cooperation of medical service, trade, and economics

◇ On August 27, Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo signed the Gyeonggi Province-Maritime Territory MOU of Amity and Cooperation with Maritime Territory Governor Vladimir Miklushevskiy and had a commemorative photo taken in the main building of the Russian Maritime Territory Office. ⓒ Gyeonggi G News

Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo visited Russia for three days from August 26 to 28, where he signed the MOU of amity and cooperation to exchange and cooperate with the Maritime Territory in various fields such as health and medical services, trade, economics, and culture.

The Maritime Territory of Russia visited by the delegation with Governor Kim as its leader has excellent geographical accessibility from Korea, facing the Korean Peninsula directly. It is a strategic point that connects the Asia-Pacific region and Europe as well as the center of the Russian Far East and Siberia.

Currently, 1.98 million people live in the Maritime Territory, and it has great significance in terms of its advantageous location for expanding to Europe, for which the Russian central government is establishing special development strategies in terms of national security.

Thus, during the three-day visit to Maritime Territory, the Gyeonggi delegation signed the MOU with the local government, visited the site of the support project for Koreans in Russia, and participated in the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Gyeonggi Medical Business Center (GMBC), overall making efforts to exchange health and medical services between the two regions.

The delegation first visited the Korean Friendship Village in Ussuriysk on August 26, where they held a health seminar and carried out volunteer medical services.

On August 27, they promoted Gyeonggi medical institutions, medical services and technologies in the Russian Far East, and attended the Grand Opening Ceremony of the GMBC that will carry forward the exchange and cooperation projects.

The delegation held the Gyeonggi Province-Russia Medical Conference in which medical personnel of Gyeonggi and Maritime Territory participated for the Gyeonggi medical industry to enter the Russian market. The conference widely promoted Gyeonggi’s excellent medical technologies and enhanced pride as Koreans. 

◇ Governor Kim Moon-soo is cutting the cake with other officials in the GMBC Grand Opening Ceremony held in Vladivostok on August 27. ⓒ Gyeonggi G News

The next day on August 28, the delegation visited the Sakhalin government to discuss plans for cooperation between the two regions with the Sakhalin Minister of Health, and signed the MOU for cooperation of health and medical services.

Gyeonggi also held a briefing session about medical tour, inviting the Sakhalin government officials, local medical personnel, and the general public. The delegation held business consultations per medical institution of Gyeonggi and publicized projects to connect Gyeonggi’s medical services with tourism.

“With this MOU signed between Gyeonggi Province and the Maritime Territory, we expect more active cooperation in all aspects including tourism, education, industrial exchange and export,” said Governor Kim at the end of the visit.

With the Gyeonggi Province-Maritime Territory MOU as the momentum, Gyeonggi Province is expecting that attraction of foreign patients in Russia to Gyeonggi hospitals will be accelerated. It will continue to actively promote excellent medical services infrastructure of Gyeonggi Province.

◇ Governor Kim Moon-soo pays a silent tribute in Vladivostok after laying flowers on the Sinhanchon (literally, “New Korean Village”) monument on August 27. ⓒ Gyeonggi G News

◇ A commemorative photo of the ceremony of Gyeonggi Province-Maritime Territory MOU of Amity and Cooperation held in the main building of the Russian Maritime Territory Office on August 27. According to the MOU, the two regions will cooperate in developing a long-term relationship by enhancing exchange cooperation between local governments and exchanging economic subjects and information on trade, economics and cultural events. ⓒ Gyeonggi G News

ⓒGyeonggi G News | Lim Se-jin yh48635@nate.com 

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