Foreign Minster Leads Pyeongchang’s Bid to Host the 2018 Winter Olympics
Foreign Minster Leads Pyeongchang’s Bid to Host the 2018 Winter Olympics
  • Korea IT Times
  • 승인 2011.05.20 08:50
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Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan (far left), during Pyeongchang’s presentation to the IOC in the Technical Briefing, Lausanne, Switzerland

Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan, currently visiting Switzerland on May 14-19, attended the technical briefing for IOC members by the cities bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics (May 17-19, Lausanne, Switzerland) on behalf of the Korean government.

The Foreign Minister, who was the only delegate from the government among the Korean delegation, gave a presentation on Korean government's full backing for Pyeongchang's bid and assurance of unsparing finance and security support. He then answered questions from IOC members as the representative of the Korean government.

Immediately after the technical briefing, each candidate city (Pyeongchang, Munich, and Annecy) held a press conference for domestic and foreign reporters. The Foreign Minister took part in the press conference to take and answer questions from reporters, along with other official delegates and supporters such as Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jung Byung-guk, Gangwon Province governor Choe Mun-sun, and Special Ambassador of MOFAT Kim Jin-seon.

On May 19, the candidate cities will unveil their showrooms to help IOC members better understand each city's plans for hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Foreign Minister will brief the visiting IOC members in detail on the current progress of Pyeongchang's preparations for the Olympic Games.

The Foreign Minister arrived in Switzerland on Saturday May 14 and spent the whole weekend preparing and rehearsing his presentation for the technical briefing along with other delegates. He also took advantage of his encounters with IOC members who had come to Lausanne, including NG Ser Miang from Singapore (Vice Chairman of the IOC), to actively promote Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

 


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