(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) South Korean President Park Geun-hye was to hold a summit with Swiss President Didier Burkhalter on Monday as she seeks to forge greater cooperation with the world's most competitive economy, especially in the vocational training and high-tech industries.
Switzerland, though small in size with a population of mere 8 million, is the world's 20th-largest economy in terms of gross national produc
The World Economic Forum (WEF) found the European economy the most competitive in the world for the fifth consecutive year last year, South Korean news agency (Yonhap) reported. Behind the economic success of Switzerland, a resource-scarce nation like South Korea, is a highly skilled labor force, and a key point of Park's state visit to the country is to take a firsthand look at the country's vocational education and learn from it, officials sai
Park arrived in Bern on Saturday, becoming the first South Korean president to make a state visit to Switzerland since the two sides opened diplomatic relations in 196
While in Switzerland, Park also plans to attend an annual WEF meeting at the ski resort of Davo
Other economic topics for Monday's summit include bolstering cooperation in finance, science and technology, and other sector
A total of nine cooperation agreements will be signed, including a memorandum of understanding on industrial technology cooperation, officials said
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