South Korea seeks to enhance its role in fostering peace on the Sinai Peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Kwon Hee-seog, director-general of the foreign ministry's African and Middle Eastern affairs bureau, made the remarks while meeting with David Satterfield, head of the Multinational Force and Observers on the Sinai Peninsula.
Satterfield is on a trip to Seoul to express his gratitude for South Korea's donation of $300,000 to the MFO in February, according to the ministry.
The independent group was created in 1981 to oversee the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty two years earlier. More than 1,600 troops from a dozen nations are stationed on the peninsula on a peacekeeping mission.
South Korea has no troops there, but it is among 13 nations that have made financial contributions.
"With the February donation and Director-General Satterfield's visit, cooperation between the South Korean government and the MFO is expected to deepen," the ministry said. "It would also serve as a chance to demonstrate South Korea's efforts to contribute to peace in the Middle East as a responsible nation." (Yonhap)
