Korean embassy enhances support for Northern Province

Ambassador . Santhush Woonjin JEONG met with the Governor of Northern Province, P.S.M. Charles on March 31 at her office in Colombo. During the meeting with the Governor, the ambassador discussed ways to promote the economic and cultural ties between Korea and Sri Lanka.

Both sides discussed opportunities to explore potentials in trade, infrastructure development and tourism in the Northern Province. The significance of ways to strengthen people-to-people ties between Korea and Sri Lanka is of utmost importance once COVID-19 subsides in the region.

The ambassador stated that “Korea is eager to assist development projects in Sri Lanka including the Northern Province. The Korean Development Assistance (ODA) agencies such as Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Korea Exim bank have greatly contributed to the expansion of development in the Northern region. KOICA and Exim bank have funded projects in education, transportation, water resources, sanitation and regional development in Sri Lanka. These fruitful endeavours benefitted around 40 schools in the Northern region. Recently, the Education Environment improvement Project funded by KOICA was a product of the successive projects held in collaboration with UNICEF to improve infrastructure facilities and human capacity building in the Northern region.”