In Ethiopia, Lee literally gets down to business
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July 11, 2011
 
  President Lee Myung-bak, left, sprays disinfectant with volunteer workers in a village near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, in a gesture he said is meant to show Korea’s sincerity to help the continent improve living conditions. [NEWSIS]

With hammer, shovel and disinfectant sprayer in hand, President Lee Myung-bak wrapped up his first visit to Africa with a working weekend in Ethiopia, a gesture, he said, to show Korea’s sincerity to be a good friend and partner of the continent.

The Blue House said Lee spent five hours yesterday participating in a project to improve living conditions in a village near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, helping build a public lavatory and community center.

Lee’s aides also pitched in, helping build a medical center and setting up fences around wells in the village while the president’s two doctors provided free medical treatment to the residents, the presidential office said.

A day earlier, Lee, wearing a mask and carrying a disinfectant tank on his back, sprayed into sewage and public toilets in Kebena, a less-developed village in Addis Ababa, the office said. First lady Kim Yoon-ok joined Lee in some of the volunteer work during the weekend, the office also said. The president of a country participating in volunteer manual work during an overseas trip is unprecedented, said a Blue House official.

“Korea, when it helps others, cannot help with a large amount of money,” Lee said during a meeting with volunteer workers yesterday. “Many advanced countries and China give a lot [to Africa], but our help could be evaluated highly if our affection, sincerity and thoughtfulness for others are contained in it.”

Such gestures continued when he visited hospitals in the capital city to console patients and meet with medical staff there. He also met People to People, an amateur football team comprised of students from Kebena, and donated football gear.

Attending a workshop held at a hotel he stayed at, Lee discussed with the participants Korea’s experiences in achieving industrialization and democratization. Lee, who has been on a 10-day trip to Africa, also stressed Korea’s desire to be a good partner during visits to South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lee’s visit was only the third trip to the continent by a Korean president.

“Korea and Africa will move together toward the future,” Lee told reporters, declaring that this year will be the year for Korea begins to strengthen cooperation with Africa.

Said a high-ranking official from the Blue House: “Certainly, we have been negligent of Africa so far. It is necessary to turn our eyes to Africa to find new growth engines.”

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday that he was happy to hear that Korea would try to become a more responsible partner with Africa. He said Korea has the ability to help Africa, citing his recent trip to Uganda, where the Ugandan president showed him a clean street and said it was the result of copying Korea’s Saemaeul Movement - a 1970s push to modernize the Korean economy.

“For African countries trying to rise from the wounds of internal wars, Korea, with its experience of turning the ruins of the Korean War into an advanced economy, provides a good role model,” Ban said.


By Ko Jung-ae, Moon Gwang-lip [joe@joongang.co.kr]

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