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With the US-led Iraq war drawing to an end, the South Korean government is considering to reopen its embassy in Baghdad, which have been closed since the 1991 Gulf War, according to national news agency Yonhap News on Tuesday.
Some of South Korean diplomats in Jordan who have handled Iraq-related affairs since the embassy's closure will be reassigned to Baghdad. This was a decision in a South Korean cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday.
The South Korean government also plans to take part in rehabilitation efforts in the medical, education and job training sectors in Iraq, but the scale of assistance will be decided after researching the involvement of other countries, Yonhap reported.
Earlier in April, South Korea pledged 10 million US dollars in humanitarian aid for the Iraqi people. And 673 engineering and medical troops will be sent to the War-affected area as soon as possible to handle the problems arising from the war.
In the same time, South Korean local aid agencies have also mapped out plans to provide relief aid to the Iraqi people, reported Yonhap.
Korea Food for the Hungry International said Tuesday it would dispatch a team of 15 emergency medical staff to Iraqi hospitals in Baghdad and Basra this Saturday.
Good Neighbors International, a humanitarian and development organization, plans to dispatch a team of six relief workers to Baghdad early next month to provide medical services as well as relief goods to the Iraqi people.
(Xinhua News Agency April 15, 2003)
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