Seoul- November 18, 2020, The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Seoul is pleased to facilitate and signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on behalf of the Afghanistan Cancer Foundation (AFC) with the National Cancer Center (NCC) of the Republic Korea.

The Embassy is grateful for the valuable support and presence of honorable Ms. Kang Sun-woo, MP and member of the Health & Welfare Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea during the Signing Ceremony of this MOU.

Ambassador Abdul Hakim Atarud said in his remarks: “The purpose of this MOU is to collaborate on issues of policy advice and knowledge sharing in the area of fighting cancer in Afghanistan. I congratulate NCC on joining hands with the Afghans to better organize the AFC mandate in a cooperative effort on a strategy to accelerate the access of thousands of poor cancer patients to have a better health care system”.

The MOU will formalize collaboration between the two institutions on cancer research, organization of joint conferences, symposia, or other scientific meetings, exchange of information and materials for academic research and publications.

Ambassador Atarud also expressed his gratefulness for the generous and meaningful supports of the Republic of Korea made in different platforms of assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Afghanistan.