S Korea, Thailand discuss APEC cooperation

Foreign ministers of South Korea and Thailand held talks at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting to discuss ways to further bilateral cooperation, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the talks held in Vladivostok, Russia touched on such issues as cooperation in the civil aviation sector and exchanged views on recent headway made into water resources management, according to Yonhap news agency. The ministry also said South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and his Thai counterpart Surapong Tovichakchaikul reaffirmed ongoing measures to build up existing two-way ties into a strategic partnership. It said the meeting between the two ministers is the second of its kind to take place this year.