The 4th Korea-Qatar High-Level Strategic Cooperation Committee Meeting was convened in the Korean capital, Seoul in Friday December 2nd 2916. The Qatari delegation was headed by H.E. Mohamed Bin Saleh Al-Sada , Minister of Energy & Industry , while H.E Ju Hyung-hwan led the Korean delegation. H.E. Mohamed Abdulla Al-Duhaimi ambassador of the State of Qatar to ROK together with representatives of several Qatari ministries and foundations including Ministry of Energy & Industry, Ministry of Education ,Ministry of Interior ,Ministry of Health, Qatar for Investment, Civil Aviation , Public work, Qatar Airways, Ras Gas & Qatar Petroleum.
The meeting considered cooperation between the two countries in various fields within the framework of what has been agreed to during the Summit between His Highness The Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, and Her Excellency Park Geun-hye , president of the Republic of Korea on November 2014 and March 2015 respectively,
The committee looked into the means of consolidation of the joint cooperation and the developments related to the implementation of the agreements arrived at during the last previous meetings. The meeting also considered the various fields of cooperation including economic, trade, investment, agriculture, science & technology, national defense& security, information technology, education, health & medical services.
The committee reviewed draft resolutions submitted by the preparatory committee convened on Wednesday November 39th 2016 where they agreed to revise and follow up the outcomes of the meetings every six months.
Among the most important matters agreed to is the Korean support to the Qatari plan to establish a Health Insurance System through the utilization of the Korean relevant experiment The meeting positively commended the cooperation in the area of medical treatment of Qatari patients in Korean hospitals ,as well as the takeoff of the Joint Medical Forum which was organized in Doha on December 30th 2016.
The preparatory meeting has also lauded the two countries cooperation in the field of education , especially the smart education as well as the appraisal of the relevant experiments in the fields of curriculum, energy , electricity, smart nets, exchange of visits and information and police training.
At the end of its meeting the committee decided to convene its 5th meeting during the second half of 2017. The minutes of the meeting of the 4th meeting was signed by the heads of the two delegation.