Korea, Qatar foreign ministers sign visa exemption agreement, talk cooperation

Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheik Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani at the Foreign Ministry in Jongno District, central Seoul, to discuss ..

Foreign Minister Park Jin, right, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheik Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani signed an agreement on visa exemptions at the Foreign Ministry in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheik Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani at the Foreign Ministry in Jongno District, central Seoul, to discuss a visa exemption and economic cooperation on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the two diplomats signed an agreement that allows travelers of the two countries to stay in each country for up to 90 days without a visa.

The visa exemption will take effect next month.

The two ministers also discussed continuous expansion of the two countries’ economic cooperation on energy and construction, the Foreign Ministry said on the same day.

The ministerial meeting between the two countries took place for the first time since 2018, when the Qatari minister last visited Korea.

They each expressed wishes to expand collaboration on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business.

BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]