S. Korea, India to resume foreign ministerial dialogue early next month

South Korea and India will resume the foreign ministers-led dialogue on the bilateral partnership early next month after about a five-year hiatus, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. The 10th Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) will take place in Seoul on March 6, led by Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the ministry said in a release. It will mark the resumption of the JCM, a comprehensive dialogue mechanism for broad talks on the bilateral relations, since its last session in New Delhi in December 2018. Next month's JCM will "serve as an occasion to cement the bilateral 'special strategic partnership' with India -- a key regional partner that shares the same values with South Korea -- in diverse areas from high-level exchanges, defense, economic security, and science and technology to regional and global issues," the ministry said in a release. The two countries elevated bilateral relations to the special strategic partnership when Indian Prime Minister Nar endra Modi paid a state visit to South Korea in May 2015. Source: Yonhap News Agency