By Xinhua,
Seoul : South Korea is mulling to open new embassies in five nations rich in natural resources, as part of the efforts to bolster its “energy diplomacy.”
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday presided over a cabinet meeting, which approved the Foreign Ministry’s plan to setup embassies in Bolivia, Cameroon, Congo, Kyrgyzstan, and Trinidad &Tobago later this year.
South Korea also plans to establish a consulate general in Irkutsk in Russia.
Since elected as president in February, Lee Myung-bak, a former construction firm CEO, has pushed to bolster energy diplomacy aimed at securing more stable sources of oil and other energy supply for the country which produces no oil, according to the Yonhap news agency.
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