Kim Hwang-sik, in Abu Dhabi to deliver a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), yesterday toured Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multifaceted renewable energy company
During the visit, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik toured Masdar City and the campus of the Masdar Institute of Science and technology – the Middle East’s first home grown, graduate level research driven institute dedicated to renewable energy and clean technologies.
The visit to Masdar precedes the Prime Minister’s keynote address at the World Future Energy Summit, where he will join recently announced keynote speakers Chinese Premier HE Wen Jiabao and Secretary General of the United Nations, HE Ban Ki-moon.
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, a lawyer and politician, is a strong supporter of renewable energy and is working to create a green economy focused on economic development and job growth. He assumed the post of South Korean prime minister in October 2010.
The visit by the Prime Minister underscores the growing relationship between the UAE and South Korea especially in the areas of renewable energy, training, education, construction, shipbuilding, semiconductors, information technology and telecommunications. The UAE established bilateral relations with the Republic of Korea early in 1980 and these relations have witnessed continued development at all levels and have facilitated an exchange of experience in various fields.
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said, “For over three decades now, the UAE has been a trusted and reliable partner to South Korea. The UAE has always been a meeting and dialogue hub between east and west –The World Future Energy Summit is just another demonstration of the country’s convening power.
“Renewable Energy has been a topmost priority on the South Korea agenda – as a country that has prided itself throughout the years for great innovations – it only made perfect sense for Korea to be strongly represented in a Summit that focuses on powering innovation.”
