Ambassador of South Korea celebrates with Egyptian journalists as “2022 says ‘FAREWELL’ “
Ashraf AboArafe
Today morning, ambassador of South Korea Mr Hong Jin Wook celebrated with the Egyptian journalists in one of the most beautiful Cairo hotels as 2022 says farewell and 2023 says welcome.. His Excellency gave a friendly speech as follows:
Ambassador of South Korea celebrates with Egyptian journalists “End of 2022”
Good morning. I’m Jin-Wook Hong, Korean Ambassador to Egypt.
It is my great pleasure to have you all on this meaningful occasion.
شرف ليا اني اكون معاكم انهاردة[Sharaf leya eny akoon m’aakom]
I appreciate your presence today and I can’t thank you enough for all the support you showed us throughout the year.
Egypt is such an attractive country having beautiful nature, splendid cultural heritages, and hospitable and competent people, which makes me love Egypt dearly and feel I am the happiest Ambassador in the world.
ودة اللي بيخليني أحب مصر وبيخليني أحس اني اسعد سفير في العالم
[we da ely bykhaliny aheb masr we bykhaliny ahes eny asaad safir fi elalam]
Our two countries are now at the stage of the best government-to-government cooperation of all time since the establishment of the Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership in 2016 when President Al-Sisi paid an official visit to Korea.
Leaders of both countries keep close contact through visits, and phone calls for in-depth communication for mutual respect and benefit of both countries. President Moon paid an official visit to Egypt in January, further promoting the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. And newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeal talked on the phone with President Al-Sisi in October. In November, Na Kyung-Won, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Environment attended COP 27 which Egypt hosted successfully.
A side from political meetings, this year Korea and Egypt have endeavored to maintain close cooperative ties in a variety of sectors between the two countries, such as transportation, infrastructure, business, and culture. I hope you witnessed the Pyramid Air Show performed by Egypt’s Silver Stars team and Korea’s Black Eagles team in August together with the successful signing of the contract of the local manufacturing of K9 howitzer, the self-propelled artillery in February. Although Korea and Egypt are far away, I can say that our hearts are even getting closer this year.
However, our relations cannot continue to develop sustainably without the support from each country’s people. This is why I put more importance on public diplomacy than any other duties assigned to me to befriend the Egyptian people.
Today we are here to celebrate the end of the year and we will look back at the activities of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea this year. Therefore, we will watch a short video clip on the Embassy’s public diplomacy activities which aim to get closer to the Egyptian people. Also, my dearest friends, 3 Egyptian journalists will share their experiences in Korea who had visited Korea in recent years through the program of the Korean Culture and Information Service.
Once again, my sincere appreciation goes to the Egyptian journalists who are contributing to Egypt-Korea relations by promoting Korea’s friendly images to Egyptian people and continuing to love Korean and Korean culture.
Korea will always stand by your side as your friend. Rest assured both countries will continue to develop hand in hand. I wish our relations will be more consolidated in the future. Even though the government may change, people always remain there.
زي ما بقول دايما الحكومات بتتغير بس الشعوب بتفضل
[zay ma ba’aol dayman elhokoomat btetghayar bas elshoob btefdal]
I hope that 2022 has been a successful year for you and your beloved. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and thank you for taking the time to partner with us, we are very thankful. Here is to a happy and healthy future for you and yours!
