Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Miyon Lee has given this assurance when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo to discuss follow up actions on the decisions taken at the discussions held during the Prime Minister’s visit.

Gunawardena held discussions with Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Speaker of National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo, Governor of Gyengsangbuk-do Province Lee Cheol-woo and former Secretary General of the United Nation and current President and chair of Green Growth Institute Ban Ki-moon.

On the request of the Prime Minister, Korea agreed to provide smart classrooms to 1,000 schools in Sri Lanka to assist the Government efforts to develop information technology education at school level.

Korea will also send doctors and medical teams for short-term medical practices at Government hospitals and to share their expertise with Sri Lankan doctors.