On 30^th August 2017, Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR and his delegation paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Mr. Lee Nak Yon, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, at the Prime Minister Office, on the occasion of paying an official visit to the ROK from 29^th – 30^th August 2017 and attending the 8^th FEALAC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 7^th Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Busan from 31^st August – 2^nd September 2017.

1. On August 29, a bilateral meeting between Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Foreign Minister of the Lao PDR and Mrs. Kang Kyung-Wha, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK), was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, in Seoul, on the occasion of the first official visit to ROK by Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith as the Foreign Minister of Lao PDR from 29 to 30 August 2017.

Remarks by H.E. Saleumxay Kommasith,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR

at the Mini-Marathon to Commemorate the 50^th Anniversary of the Founding of ASEAN and 20^th Anniversary of Lao PDR’s Accession to ASEAN

12 August 2017, Patuxay, Vientiane, Lao PDR

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-       H.E. Thongloun SISOULITH, Prime Minister of the Lao PDR [TBC]

-       Excellency Somsavat LENGSAVAD, Former Deputy Prime Minister,

-       Excellencies Ministers, Vice Ministers,

-      Ambassadors, Representatives of International Organisations to the Lao PDR,

-      Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,