During the visit, Minister Jayasekara met with his counterpart, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea Do Jong-hwan and discussed issues of mutual interest related to cooperation in the field of sports including the framework of the MOU signed between the sports Ministries of Sri Lanka and Korea in October 2014. The discussion focussed on Sri Lanka’s preparation for the Asian Games (2018), the Commonwealth Games (2018), South Asian Games (2019) and the Olympics (2020), as well as cooperation with Korea in the field of taekwondo, archery and baseball.
Minister Jayasekara had a meeting with the Acting President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Choi Sungho and National Assembly Member and President of the Korea-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Korean National Assembly Jung Sung-ho too.