Korea-Africa Senior Officials’ Meeting Strengthens Partnership for Shared Prosperity

Seoul, (SONNA) — Korea and African Nations Discuss Strategic Cooperation in Supply Chains, Critical Minerals, Renewable Energy, and Food Security.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea hosted the 2026 Korea-Africa Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Seoul on May 31, co-chaired by Vice Minister for Political Affairs Jung Eui-hye and Betty Osafo Mensah, Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana.

As the First Vice-Chair of the African Union (AU) for 2026, Ghana represented the African delegation and served as co-chair of the meeting.

In her opening remarks, Vice Minister Jung emphasized that amid increasingly complex global challenges, including the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Korea and Africa must strengthen solidarity and cooperation more than ever before.