SEOUL, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in had a phone call with Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday and asked Malaysia to back South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee’s bid for the post of the director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Moon pointed out that Yoo is a leading figure in the trade field with vision and capability to protect the free trade system and restore trust in it through the reform of the WTO, according to Cheong Wa Dae (South Korea’s presidential office) spokesman Kang Min-seok.
The president was quoted as saying that it is “very important” to elect such a candidate at a time when the world economy is facing big challenges.
Moon also said Yoo is the right person to adjust the interests of advanced and developing nations and get the WTO reform task done successfully on the basis of her personnel networks and the political leadership she has shown as South Korea’s trade policy chief.
Moon’s 20-minute phone conversation with the prime minister marked the opening of his full-fledged summit diplomacy for Yoo in the final round of the WTO chief race also involving Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
— NNN-BERNAMA